Total Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Keats 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.
View Crime In Larkfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thackeray Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlowe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriole Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oriole Way | Under investigation |
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