Total Crime Rate
89.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holtye Crescent area has the 20th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 141st highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holtye Crescent (ME15 7DD) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 104.1% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holtye Crescent (ME15 7DD), the main crime hotspot is near The Spinney. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bearsted & Downswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Upper Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Spinney | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Spinney | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | The Spinney | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Spinney | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Spinney | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Upper Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Road | Under investigation |
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