Total Crime Rate

167.8 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 167.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Estate Yard Cottages area has the 9th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 64th 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 Estate Yard Cottages (ME17 1PP) in the last 12 months was 167.8 per 1,000 residents and was 282.8% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 375.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 92.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Estate Yard Cottages area

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Data Sources

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