Total Crime Rate

191.6 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 191.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.8 9/10
  • Other theft 28.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.7 8/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 5th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Barming Heath & Teston , and the 51st highest crime rate of 511 local areas in Maidstone .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tonbridge Road (ME16 8SY) in the last 12 months was 191.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% higher than the Barming Heath & Teston average (108.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 91.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tonbridge Road (ME16 8SY), the main crime hotspot is near Western Road. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 102 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penny Cress Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadlow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penny Cress Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hartnup Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hartnup Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hadlow Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadlow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hambledon Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons The Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penny Cress Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penny Cress Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penny Cress Gardens —
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Data Sources

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