Total Crime Rate
65.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sutton Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Park Wood & Mangravet , and the 214th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sutton Road (ME15 9BU) in the last 12 months was 65.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sutton Road (ME15 9BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Darwin Avenue, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westmorland Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darwin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Darwin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Darwin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penfold Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penfold Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penfold Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acorn Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancashire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancashire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenborough Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Shaw | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A274 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keble Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Westmorland Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jordan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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