Crime Statistics for Herne Common, Canterbury, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in Herne Common in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Herne Common, 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	2
Other Theft	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	4

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 Herne Common. 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 Herne Common

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Herne Bay (1.24 miles)	200
Eddington (1.39 miles)	171
Hampton (1.39 miles)	122
Greenhill (0.88 miles)	52
Lower Herne (0.88 miles)	36
Herne (0.88 miles)	36
Bullockstone (0.62 miles)	5
Herne Common	4
Knave’s Ash (1.39 miles)	1
Hicks Forstal (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Herne Common?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Herne Bay	76
Eddington	64
Hampton	47
Greenhill	25
Lower Herne	22
Herne	22
Herne Common	2
Bullockstone	1
Knave’s Ash	0
Hicks Forstal	0

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

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 Herne Common 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 Herne Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Herne Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Herne Common is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Heron	72
2	Greenhill	67
3	St Stephen's	64
4	Sturry	54
5	West Bay	47
6	Reculver	43
7	Blean Forest	37
8	Beltinge	35
9	Swalecliffe	31
10	Herne & Broomfield	26
11	Chestfield	25

Which road in Herne Common has the highest level of crime?

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