Total Crime Rate
485.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coriander Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Barming Heath & Teston , and the 13th 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 Coriander Drive (ME16 0ZD) in the last 12 months was 485.6 per 1,000 residents and was 335.4% higher than the Barming Heath & Teston average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 109.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coriander Drive (ME16 0ZD), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 402 crimes here, including 322 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | James Huxley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burdock Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burdock Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burdock Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edmund Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edmund Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coriander Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marigold Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parsley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keepers Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burdock Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burdock Court | — |
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