Total Crime Rate

128.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kings Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Headcorn & Sutton Valence , and the 96th 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 Kings Road (TN27 9QT) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.7% higher than the Headcorn & Sutton Valence average (73.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 119.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (TN27 9QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ash Way (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Kings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forge Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Woodcocks Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kings Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ash Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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