Crime Rates at Mote Park, Maidstone, ME15 8EA

Mote Park area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 27th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mote Park (ME15 8EA) in the last 12 months was 285.4 per 1,000 residents and was 475.2% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (49.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 100.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mote Park (ME15 8EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Otterbourne Place (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.