Total Crime Rate
105.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Worcester Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Park Wood & Mangravet , and the 129th 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 Worcester Road (ME15 7LX) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worcester Road (ME15 7LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 191 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Gardens (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drawbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drawbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cumberland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drawbridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancashire Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westmorland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Willington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drawbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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