Total Crime Rate

62.4 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 62.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Roebuck Business Park area has the 24th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Boxley Downs , and the 218th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Roebuck Business Park (ME17 1AB) in the last 12 months was 62.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Boxley Downs average (70.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roebuck Business Park (ME17 1AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southfields Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Roebuck Business Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cutbush Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mills Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mills Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfields Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Wheelwrights Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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