Total Crime Rate
28.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chevening Lane area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dunton Green and Riverhead , and the 97th lowest crime rate of 362 local areas in Sevenoaks .
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 Chevening Lane (TN14 7LB) in the last 12 months was 28.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% lower than the Dunton Green and Riverhead average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chevening Lane (TN14 7LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harrow Road, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chevening Lane (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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