Total Crime Rate

138.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 138.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Bower Mount Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Barming Heath & Teston , and the 89th 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 Bower Mount Road (ME16 8AP) in the last 12 months was 138.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% higher than the Barming Heath & Teston average (108.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bower Mount Road (ME16 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Bower Lane. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bower Mount Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roseholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roseholme Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roseholme Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaverbrook Mews —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St George'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bower Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwood Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashdown Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft All Angels Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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