Crime Rates at Gleaming Wood Drive, Chatham, ME5 8XT

Gleaming Wood Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Boxley Downs , and the 126th highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gleaming Wood Drive (ME5 8XT) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% higher than the Boxley Downs average (67.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gleaming Wood Drive (ME5 8XT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yew Tree Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Autumn Glade (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.