Total Crime Rate
35.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Heath Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Coxheath & Farleigh , and the 162nd lowest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heath Road (ME17 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 35.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.7% lower than the Coxheath & Farleigh average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heath Road (ME17 4EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Huntington Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coxheath & Farleigh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pippin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pippin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coppice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Culpepper Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Capell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembroke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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