Joyden's Wood vs Stone Castle

Joyden's Wood has a safety score of 63/100 (Average) and recorded 219 crimes in the last 12 months. Stone Castle has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 2,813 crimes. Joyden's Wood scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Joyden's Wood shows a year-on-year crime trend of +21.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Stone Castle shows +11.5% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Joyden's Wood, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (71 incidents). In Stone Castle, it is Shoplifting (1,514 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Joyden's Wood recorded 35 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Stone Castle recorded 193. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Joyden's Wood totalled 71 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 475 in Stone Castle. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Joyden's Wood recorded 180 crimes (now 219, a change of +21.7%). Stone Castle recorded 2,522 crimes previously (now 2,813, +11.5%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Joyden's Wood has a resolution rate of 29.5% and Stone Castle has 56%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Joyden's Wood falls within the Kent Police boundary. Stone Castle is covered by Kent Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Joyden's Wood and Stone Castle. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.