Total Crime Rate

256.7 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 256.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.0 9/10
  • Public order 28.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.8 10/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Birkdale Court area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 37th 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 Birkdale Court (ME16 0UH) in the last 12 months was 256.7 per 1,000 residents and was 158.6% higher than the Allington & Bridge average (99.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 130.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkdale Court (ME16 0UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Peter'S Street, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birkdale Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birnam Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anne Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anne Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Anne Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Birnam Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Birnam Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rowland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Approach
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Corbens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Broadway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Corbens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Terrace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour London Road Rocky Hill
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Peter'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Terrace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hubert Walter Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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