Crime Rate in Hartley and Hodsoll Street, ward

Hartley and Hodsoll Street has the 13th lowest crime rate of 26 wards in Sevenoaks district and the 2973rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 573rd lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hartley and Hodsoll Street in the last 12 months was 54.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% lower than the Sevenoaks district average (65.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hartley and Hodsoll Street’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 207.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hartley and Hodsoll Street ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Porchester Close, with 29 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Pitfield (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.