Crime Statistics for Eccles, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 15 street level crime incidents in Eccles in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Eccles, 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	7
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Theft	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	15

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Eccles. 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 Eccles

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Abbey Gate (1.75 miles)	116
Sandling (1.75 miles)	102
Millhall (0.88 miles)	82
Ham Hill (1.86 miles)	74
Little Preston (1.24 miles)	70
Burham Court (1.75 miles)	69
Aylesford (1.39 miles)	54
Blue Bell Hill (1.39 miles)	22
Burham (1.39 miles)	20
Eccles	15

Where are the most violent places near Eccles?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Abbey Gate	47
Sandling	40
Ham Hill	35
Millhall	29
Burham Court	22
Little Preston	20
Aylesford	17
Burham	8
Eccles	7
Blue Bell Hill	6

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

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 Eccles 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 Eccles compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Eccles and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Eccles is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	East Malling	77
2	Snodland East and Ham Hill	66
3	Burham and Wouldham	63
4	Aylesford North and Walderslade	53
5	Larkfield South	51
6	Heath	50
7	Aylesford South	40
8	Larkfield North	37
9	Ditton	32
10	Boxley	31
11	Allington	11

Which road in Eccles has the highest level of crime?

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