Crime Rates at Lavender Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6EB

Lavender Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh , and the 101st highest crime rate of 404 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lavender Road (ME19 6EB) in the last 12 months was 82.9 per 1,000 residents and was 134.9% higher than the Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh average (35.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lavender Road (ME19 6EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Temple Way, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Catlyn Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.