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Crime in Maidstone by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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4,487crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+8%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Kingswoodlowest rate23.1 per 1,000 a year
73.5middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Barming (-19%), Staplehurst (-14%) and Ringlestone (-12%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1LangleyME17 · 1,612 residents 188.6▼ 7%violence
2LenhamME17 · 3,643 residents 135.1▲ 27%shoplifting
3BredhurstME7 · 1,664 residents 134.6▲ 70%anti-social behaviour
4ParkwoodME15 · 10,823 residents 133▲ 30%violence
5ShepwayME15 · 10,681 residents 126.6▲ 26%violence
6MaidstoneME14 · 66,108 residents 125.1▲ 2%violence
7HeadcornTN27 · 4,277 residents 108.5▲ 18%violence
8Barming HeathME16 · 10,004 residents 103.6▼ 12%violence
9TovilME15 · 13,739 residents 98.7▲ 12%violence
10BarmingME16 · 7,673 residents 95.9▼ 19%violence
11RinglestoneME14 · 6,122 residents 93.4▼ 12%anti-social behaviour
12YaldingME18 · 1,549 residents 93▲ 57%violence
13CoxheathME17 · 9,487 residents 78▲ 22%violence
14StaplehurstTN12 · 6,693 residents 73.5▼ 14%violence
15MardenTN12 · 4,406 residents 62.6▲ 47%violence
16OthamME15 · 4,696 residents 62.2▲ 26%anti-social behaviour
17Penenden HeathME14 · 9,087 residents 61.2▼ 3%violence
18DownswoodME15 · 7,991 residents 60.6▲ 20%anti-social behaviour
19AllingtonME16 · 6,151 residents 59.2▼ 12%violence
20HarrietshamME17 · 3,443 residents 54.6▲ 7%violence
21NettlesteadME18 · 1,976 residents 52.6▲ 37%violence
22LooseME15 · 5,774 residents 52▲ 1%anti-social behaviour
23BearstedME14 · 4,874 residents 51.7▲ 17%anti-social behaviour
24Langley HeathME17 · 1,678 residents 38.1▲ 23%anti-social behaviour
25Boughton MonchelseaME17 · 4,222 residents 30.3▼ 16%violence
26DetlingME14 · 1,853 residents 30.2▲ 40%violence
27KingswoodME17 · 2,422 residents 23.1▲ 17%anti-social behaviour

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Maidstone have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Kingswood, Detling, Boughton Monchelsea, Langley Heath and Bearsted.

Which areas of Maidstone have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Langley, Lenham, Bredhurst, Parkwood and Shepway.

Is crime going up or down in Maidstone?

Across Maidstone, 4,487 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 8% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.