Crime Statistics for Boxley, Maidstone, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Boxley, Maidstone

There were a total of 69 street level crime incidents in Boxley in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Boxley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime27
Shoplifting9
Other Theft7
Criminal Damage Arson6
Anti Social Behaviour5
Vehicle Crime5
Drugs3
Other Crime2
Public Order2
Burglary1
Bicycle Theft1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime69

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Boxley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Boxley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Boxley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Boxley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Maidstone (1.96 miles)508
Penenden Heath (0.88 miles)446
Harbourland (0.62 miles)295
Allington (1.96 miles)166
Abbey Gate (1.24 miles)102
Sandling (1.24 miles)102
Weavering Street (1.39 miles)87
Boxley69
Ware Street (1.75 miles)60
Thurnham (1.96 miles)29

7.75%
of Boxley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Boxley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Boxley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Maidstone188
Penenden Heath169
Harbourland121
Allington79
Abbey Gate40
Sandling40
Weavering Street40
Ware Street37
Boxley27
Thurnham21

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Boxley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Boxley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Boxley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boxley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Boxley is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1High Street82
2Shepway North73
3Fant72
4North52
5Bridge52
6East44
7Detling and Thurnham41
8Aylesford South40
9Boxley31
10Bearsted12
11Allington11

Which road in Boxley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Boxley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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