Total Crime Rate

130.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Other crime 19.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 15.9 6/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.9 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Boxley Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Grove Green & Vinters Park , and the 95th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

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 Lower Boxley Road (ME14 2UT) in the last 12 months was 130.7 per 1,000 residents and was 124.2% higher than the Grove Green & Vinters Park average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Boxley Road (ME14 2UT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 183 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Boxley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Week Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quarry Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bluett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bluett Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Brewer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Quarry Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brewer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brewer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peel Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Week Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gladstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour County Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order James Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Week Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Week Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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