Total Crime Rate

152.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 152.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 80.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Buckingham Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Boxley Downs , and the 78th 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 Buckingham Drive (ME17 1GF) in the last 12 months was 152.9 per 1,000 residents and was 115.8% higher than the Boxley Downs average (70.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 141.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckingham Drive (ME17 1GF), 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 Buckingham Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Wheelwrights Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mills Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mills Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfields Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cutbush Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brunger Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunger Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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