Total Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Copsewood Way area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 107 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 53rd lowest 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 Copsewood Way (ME15 8PJ) in the last 12 months was 16.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Copsewood Way (ME15 8PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Copsewood Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Otteridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Otteridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copsewood Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoyne Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gascoyne Close | Under investigation |
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