Total Crime Rate
196.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New Hythe Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 401 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .
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 New Hythe Lane (ME20 6PU) in the last 12 months was 196.9 per 1,000 residents and was 482.0% higher than the Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh average (33.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Hythe Lane (ME20 6PU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Larkfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Hythe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Hythe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Hythe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldfinch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Hythe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Hythe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Hythe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Hythe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cygnet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlowe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thackeray Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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