Total Crime Rate

127.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Other crime 10.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 10.9 5/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Honywood Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Boxley Downs , and the 97th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Honywood Road (ME17 2HH) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Honywood Road (ME17 2HH), the main crime hotspot is near Honywood Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Honywood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Honywood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lenham Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headcorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mitchell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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