Total Crime Rate
77.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Worcester Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Park Wood & Mangravet , and the 165th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Worcester Road (ME15 7LT) in the last 12 months was 77.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% lower than the Park Wood & Mangravet average (101.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worcester Road (ME15 7LT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drawbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancashire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sterry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westmorland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Westmorland Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancashire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drawbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drawbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
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