Total Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Station Approach area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Borough Green & Platt , and the 129th 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 Station Approach (TN15 8AD) in the last 12 months was 26.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% lower than the Borough Green & Platt average (43.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Station Approach (TN15 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Approach, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dene Lodge Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Landway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wye Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tollgate Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tollgate Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tollgate Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dene Lodge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dene Lodge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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