Crime Statistics for Chestfield, Whitstable, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 22 street level crime incidents in Chestfield in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chestfield, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	10
Shoplifting	4
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Other Theft	2
Burglary	1
Other Crime	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	22

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Chestfield. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Chestfield

We've taken the ten nearest places to Chestfield and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Chestfield has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Lower Island (1.96 miles)	135
Hampton (2.23 miles)	122
Tankerton (0.88 miles)	122
Greenhill (1.96 miles)	52
Clapham Hill (1.96 miles)	43
Chestfield	22
Bullockstone (1.86 miles)	5
Herne Common (2.48 miles)	4
Pean Hill (2.63 miles)	3
Radfall (0.62 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Chestfield?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Chestfield and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Lower Island	55
Tankerton	48
Hampton	47
Greenhill	25
Clapham Hill	19
Chestfield	10
Herne Common	2
Bullockstone	1
Pean Hill	1
Radfall	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chestfield?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Chestfield to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Chestfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chestfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chestfield is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Heron	72
2	Gorrell	71
3	Greenhill	67
4	Boughton and Courtenay	58
5	Tankerton	51
6	West Bay	47
7	Seasalter	47
8	Blean Forest	37
9	Swalecliffe	31
10	Herne & Broomfield	26
11	Chestfield	25

Which road in Chestfield has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chestfield with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Rectory Gardens.