Total Crime Rate
120.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Saltings Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Snodland East & Ham Hill , and the 64th highest crime rate of 401 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Saltings Road (ME6 5HW) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% lower than the Snodland East & Ham Hill average (138.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Saltings Road (ME6 5HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stevens Close, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ostlers Court (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A228 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbee Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lambert Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Saltings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bull Fields | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Catts Alley | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rocfort Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevens Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevens Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stevens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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