Total Crime Rate

72.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 72.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Freehold area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bourne , and the 118th highest crime rate of 404 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Freehold (TN12 5AB) in the last 12 months was 72.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Freehold (TN12 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Freehold area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Snoll Hatch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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