Total Crime Rate

226.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 226.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.1 9/10
  • Other theft 15.1 9/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cherry Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Swanley St Mary's , and the 10th 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 Cherry Avenue (BR8 7DU) in the last 12 months was 226.6 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 96.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cherry Avenue (BR8 7DU), 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.

Crime Over Time in Cherry Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lilac Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ellis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morello Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lavender Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lavender Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hart Dyke Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hart Dyke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Lynden Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hewett Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ellis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southern Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilac Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lilac Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lilac Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lilac Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bourne Way —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lilac Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wood End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lilac Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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