Total Crime Rate

69.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 69.3 6/10
  • Violent crimes 27.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Roebuck Business Park area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Boxley Downs , and the 194th 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 69.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Boxley Downs average (67.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% 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 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southfields Way (8 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Row
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forge Meadow Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Row
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southfields Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forge Meadow Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime The Wheelwrights Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Row
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Row

Data Sources

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