Total Crime Rate
239.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Coxheath & Farleigh , and the 35th 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 Waverley Close (ME17 4HL) in the last 12 months was 239.6 per 1,000 residents and was 266.1% higher than the Coxheath & Farleigh average (65.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 10.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Close (ME17 4HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heath Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maidstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobtree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Capell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Capell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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