Crime Rates at Lywood Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 2FT

Lywood Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Borden and Grove Park , and the 169th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Swale .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lywood Drive (ME10 2FT) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% higher than the Borden and Grove Park average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lywood Drive (ME10 2FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.