Crime Rates at Hart Dyke Road, Swanley, BR8 7DB

Hart Dyke Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Swanley St Mary's , and the 17th highest crime rate of 362 local areas in Sevenoaks .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hart Dyke Road (BR8 7DB) in the last 12 months was 210.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hart Dyke Road (BR8 7DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lilac Gardens, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.