Total Crime Rate

28.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 28.0 3/10
  • Violent crimes 21.0 4/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Keats Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh , and the 136th lowest crime rate of 401 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .

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 Keats Road (ME20 6TP) in the last 12 months was 28.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh average (33.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keats Road (ME20 6TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wodehouse Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keats Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Keats Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thackeray Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marlowe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oriole Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Oriole Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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