Crime Rate in Westerham and Crockham Hill, ward

Westerham and Crockham Hill has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Sevenoaks district and the 2961st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 404th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Westerham and Crockham Hill in the last 12 months was 76.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% higher than the Sevenoaks district average (65.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Westerham and Crockham Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 126 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Westerham and Crockham Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Oak Road, with 48 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Horton Place (9 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.