Total Crime Rate
9.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pickering Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton , and the 20th 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 Pickering Street (ME15 9RS) in the last 12 months was 9.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% lower than the Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton average (45.0 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 , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pickering Street (ME15 9RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leonard Gould Way, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leigh Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northleigh Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walnut Tree Lane | — |
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