Total Crime Rate

175.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 175.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 48.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cuxton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bearsted & Downswood , and the 58th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cuxton Road (ME15 9YF) in the last 12 months was 175.6 per 1,000 residents and was 300.6% higher than the Bearsted & Downswood average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 463.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cuxton Road (ME15 9YF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cobb Way, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dudley Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cuxton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cuxton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bicknor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Livingstone Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cobb Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cobb Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cobb Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cobb Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monks Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monks Court Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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