Crime Statistics for Loose, Maidstone, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 27 street level crime incidents in Loose in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Loose, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	9
Other Theft	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Public Order	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	27

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Loose. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Loose

We've taken the ten nearest places to Loose and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Loose has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Maidstone (1.86 miles)	535
Shepway (0.88 miles)	190
Tovil (1.39 miles)	181
Green Hill (2.23 miles)	125
Park Wood (1.39 miles)	98
Loose Hill (0.62 miles)	29
Loose	27
Boughton Green (0.62 miles)	21
Boughton Monchelsea (0.62 miles)	21
Linton (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Loose?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Loose and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Maidstone	196
Shepway	75
Tovil	58
Green Hill	46
Park Wood	28
Loose Hill	13
Loose	9
Boughton Green	8
Boughton Monchelsea	8
Linton	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Loose?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Loose to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Loose compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Loose and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Loose have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is High Street.

#	Ward	Score
1	High Street	82
2	Shepway South	73
3	Shepway North	73
4	Fant	72
5	Park Wood	67
6	Bridge	52
7	South	45
8	East	44
9	Downswood and Otham	39
10	Coxheath and Hunton	37
11	Loose	30

Which road in Loose has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Loose with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Old Loose Hill.