Paddock Wood vs The Meads

Paddock Wood has a safety score of 18/100 (High Crime) and recorded 802 crimes in the last 12 months. The Meads has a safety score of 29/100 (Below Average) with 559 crimes. The Meads scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Paddock Wood shows a year-on-year crime trend of +15.2% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. The Meads shows +93.4% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Paddock Wood, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (238 incidents). In The Meads, it is Violent Crime (226 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Paddock Wood recorded 180 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while The Meads recorded 100. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Paddock Wood totalled 238 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 226 in The Meads. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Paddock Wood recorded 696 crimes (now 802, a change of +15.2%). The Meads recorded 289 crimes previously (now 559, +93.4%).

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. Paddock Wood has a resolution rate of 37.1% and The Meads has 30.1%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Paddock Wood falls within the Kent Police boundary. The Meads 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 Paddock Wood and The Meads. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.