Crime Rates at Melville Road, Maidstone, ME15 7UY

Melville Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melville Road (ME15 7UY) in the last 12 months was 228.7 per 1,000 residents and was 280.3% higher 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 Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melville Road (ME15 7UY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Granada Street, where police recorded 200 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.