Total Crime Rate

53.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Tonbridge Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Allington & Bridge , and the 251st highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tonbridge Road (ME16 8SL) in the last 12 months was 53.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% lower than the Allington & Bridge average (99.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tonbridge Road (ME16 8SL), the main crime hotspot is near Bower Lane. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tonbridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaverbrook Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Orchard Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orchard Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St George'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bower Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rycault Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bower Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft All Angels Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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