Crime Rates at Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6HS

Maidstone Road area has the 58th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Chatham Central & Brompton , and the 224th highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Maidstone Road (ME4 6HS) in the last 12 months was 112.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% lower than the Chatham Central & Brompton average (254.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maidstone Road (ME4 6HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 299 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pattens Lane (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.