Total Crime Rate

46.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Threshers Drive area has the 47th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 225th 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 Threshers Drive (ME14 5UA) in the last 12 months was 46.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Threshers Drive (ME14 5UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Henbane Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blacksmith Drive (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Threshers Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingrove Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rampion Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coulters Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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