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ME17 1

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6,958 people · median £432,500 · Maidstone

High wellbeing
Maidstone Council · Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition   27/49 seats · 55% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector

Crime runs at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

32394653Aug 2025Jul 202651
Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month7.3
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Anti-social behaviour
152
Violence and sexual offences
122
Other theft
59
Criminal damage and arson
54
Vehicle crime
45
Burglary
24
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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