Crime Rate in Sevenoaks Northern, ward

Sevenoaks Northern has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Sevenoaks district and the 3550th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 589th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sevenoaks Northern in the last 12 months was 61.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% lower than the Sevenoaks district average (65.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sevenoaks Northern’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sevenoaks Northern ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Otford Road, with 39 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Greatness Lane (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.