Boxley Downs
WardNorth Maidstone. About 7,803 people in 53 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Boxley Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Boxley Downs compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Boxley Downs safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Boxley Downs at a rate of 60.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across Maidstone.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Boxley Downs.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (130), anti-social behaviour (98) and other crime (87).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Maidstone
These figures are published for the whole of Maidstone, not for each ward, so they describe all of Maidstone and not Boxley Downs alone. See Maidstone
Boxley Downs in brief
Boxley Downs had 7,639 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Boxley Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Boxley Downs, 74.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Boxley Downs, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.