Total Crime Rate

88.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Carpenters Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bourne , and the 94th highest crime rate of 404 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Carpenters Lane (TN11 0HW) in the last 12 months was 88.1 per 1,000 residents and was 116.4% higher than the Bourne average (40.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carpenters Lane (TN11 0HW), the main crime hotspot is near Marshall Gardens. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Carpenters Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tainter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tonbridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marshall Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tainter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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