Total Crime Rate

98.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wrangleden Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 126th highest 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 Wrangleden Road (ME15 9LP) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 123.8% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrangleden Road (ME15 9LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Darwin Avenue, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penfold Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wrangleden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Darwin Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morris Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morris Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Foster Clarke Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foster Clarke Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodkins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wrangleden Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penfold Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brishing Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Acorn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acorn Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darwin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Darwin Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Darwin Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darwin Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keele Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clare Way —
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Data Sources

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