Total Crime Rate
499.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
198.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hart Street Commercial Centre area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 10th 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 Hart Street Commercial Centre (ME16 8RF) in the last 12 months was 499.0 per 1,000 residents and was 422.0% higher than the Allington & Bridge average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 85 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (β 198.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hart Street Commercial Centre (ME16 8RF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 136 crimes here, including 35 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Approach | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Approach | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Approach | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Bridge | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corbens Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbens Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbens Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbens Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Bridge | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Peter'S Bridge | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road Rocky Hill | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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