Total Crime Rate
94.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Suffolk Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 135th 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 Suffolk Road (ME15 7HT) in the last 12 months was 94.2 per 1,000 residents and was 114.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Suffolk Road (ME15 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Gardens (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bearsted & Downswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oxford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sussex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drawbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drawbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claygate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claygate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Durham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drawbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owletts Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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