Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.4 4/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bow Hill area has the 16th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Barming Heath & Teston , and the 125th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bow Hill (ME18 5EF) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% lower than the Barming Heath & Teston average (108.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bow Hill (ME18 5EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bow Hill, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterside Mews (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bow Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Waterside Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waterside Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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