Total Crime Rate
39.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Boxley Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 187th lowest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Boxley Road (ME14 2BH) in the last 12 months was 39.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% lower than the Grove Green & Vinters Park average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boxley Road (ME14 2BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Well Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladstone Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Grove Green & Vinters Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheeler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Knowle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penenden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterlow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bluett Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
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