Total Crime Rate
103.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Malvern Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Park Wood & Mangravet , and the 121st 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 Malvern Road (ME15 8GB) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower than the Park Wood & Mangravet average (110.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Malvern Road (ME15 8GB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dudley Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Park Wood & Mangravet| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walter Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Doncaster Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cuxton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monks Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walter Close | — |
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