Total Crime Rate

175.6 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 175.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 48.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Latter Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 58th 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 Latter Road (ME17 3FD) in the last 12 months was 175.6 per 1,000 residents and was 300.6% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 463.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Latter Road (ME17 3FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laight Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baker Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Latter Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edmett Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pearson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Filbert Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Baker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Laight Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Laight Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadaway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowles Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bowles Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowles Road —
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Data Sources

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