Total Crime Rate

141.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holly Tree Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Swanley St Mary's , and the 34th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Sevenoaks .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holly Tree Avenue (BR8 7BD) in the last 12 months was 141.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher than the Swanley St Mary's average (123.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Tree Avenue (BR8 7BD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Holly Tree Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Bartholomew Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sycamore Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitecroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitecroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitecroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sprucedale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sprucedale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sprucedale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollytree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Spinney Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Spinney Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Spinney Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs The Oaks Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strawberry Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kettlewell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bartholomew Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bartholomew Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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