Total Crime Rate

283.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 283.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.1 10/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 4th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Park Wood & Mangravet , and the 31st highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wrangleden Road (ME15 9LR) in the last 12 months was 283.1 per 1,000 residents and was 156.1% higher than the Park Wood & Mangravet average (110.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 138.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrangleden Road (ME15 9LR), 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 (19/19)
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Brishing Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darwin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Darwin Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Acorn Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acorn Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Darwin Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darwin Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clare Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clare Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keele Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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