Total Crime Rate
119.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Reculver Walk area has the 13th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Park Wood & Mangravet , and the 108th 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 Reculver Walk (ME15 8SW) in the last 12 months was 119.3 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Reculver Walk (ME15 8SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kennington Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wingham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graveney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hubble Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kennington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hartley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kennington Close | — |
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