Total Crime Rate

50.2 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Typical

All offences Β· 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 50.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingsley Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 239th lowest 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 Kingsley Road (ME15 7UW) in the last 12 months was 50.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% lower than the Grove Green & Vinters Park average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsley Road (ME15 7UW), the main crime hotspot is near Granada Street. Police recorded 200 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street East β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Foster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime St Philip'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Barton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romney Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Romney Place β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Granada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granada Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Granada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Stone Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Lower Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Stone Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Stone Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granada Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Astley Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granada Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Granada Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Granada Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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