Total Crime Rate
130.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornwall Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Park Wood & Mangravet , and the 93rd 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 Cornwall Close (ME15 8HS) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 113.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornwall Close (ME15 8HS), the main crime hotspot is near Westmorland Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hubble Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sterry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancashire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancashire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valentine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Westmorland Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenborough Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westmorland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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