Total Crime Rate

89.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holtye 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.

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Crime Over Time in Holtye Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Spinney —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Spinney Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft The Spinney Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Spinney —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Spinney —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Upper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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