Total Crime Rate

82.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fens Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Swanley White Oak , and the 82nd 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 Fens Way (BR8 7SN) in the last 12 months was 82.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% higher than the Swanley White Oak average (81.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fens Way (BR8 7SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Midfield Avenue, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plantation Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Fens Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midfield Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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