Total Crime Rate
190.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Borough Green & Platt , and the 26th highest crime rate of 401 local areas in Tonbridge and Malling .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (TN15 8BL) in the last 12 months was 190.8 per 1,000 residents and was 338.4% higher than the Borough Green & Platt average (43.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (TN15 8BL), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dene Lodge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Approach | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Landway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dene Lodge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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