Total Crime Rate
409.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vine Mews area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 15th 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 Vine Mews (ME16 8FQ) in the last 12 months was 409.2 per 1,000 residents and was 312.2% 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 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -56.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 171.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vine Mews (ME16 8FQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Allington & Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bower Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maidstone West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornhill Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wallis Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Approach | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Clifford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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