Total Crime Rate
131.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holtye Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 90th 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 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 164.0% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (49.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 79.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holtye Crescent (ME15 7DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Spinney, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Park Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Spinney | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | South Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | South Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Spinney | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Upper Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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