Crime Statistics for Bekesbourne, Canterbury, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Bekesbourne, Canterbury

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Bekesbourne in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bekesbourne, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime3

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Bekesbourne

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fordwich (2.56 miles)48
Aylesham (3.1 miles)31
Adisham (2.23 miles)14
Ickham (2.63 miles)8
Littlebourne (1.39 miles)5
Bekesbourne3
Bridge (0.88 miles)3
Patrixbourne (0.62 miles)3
Ileden (1.96 miles)2
Bekesbourne Hill (0.88 miles)0

8.77%
of Little Stour & Adisham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bekesbourne?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Fordwich21
Aylesham20
Adisham11
Littlebourne5
Ickham4
Bekesbourne1
Bridge1
Patrixbourne1
Ileden0
Bekesbourne Hill0

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

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 Bekesbourne 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 Bekesbourne compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bekesbourne and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Bekesbourne have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Northgate.

#WardScore
1Northgate74
2Wincheap74
3Westgate69
4Barton67
5St Stephen's64
6Sturry54
7Chartham & Stone Street45
8Reculver43
9Blean Forest37
10Nailbourne35
11Little Stour & Adisham34

Which road in Bekesbourne has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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