Crime Statistics for Harman’s Corner, Swale, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Harman’s Corner, Swale

There were a total of 5 street level crime incidents in Harman’s Corner in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Harman’s Corner, 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 Crime4
Burglary1
All Crime5

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 Harman’s Corner. 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 Harman’s Corner

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Milton Regis (1.39 miles)221
Key Street (1.24 miles)55
Chestnut Street (0.88 miles)8
Harman’s Corner5
Bredgar (1.24 miles)5
Borden5
Heart’s Delight5
Tunstall (0.88 miles)5
Danaway (1.24 miles)2
Oad Street (1.24 miles)2

5.57%
of West Downs residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Harman’s Corner?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Milton Regis71
Key Street23
Chestnut Street6
Harman’s Corner4
Borden4
Heart’s Delight4
Danaway2
Oad Street2
Bredgar0
Tunstall0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Harman’s Corner?

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 Harman’s Corner 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 Harman’s Corner compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Chalkwell87
2Milton Regis80
3Roman80
4Murston75
5Homewood66
6Teynham and Lynsted63
7Kemsley62
8Borden and Grove Park58
9Woodstock41
10West Downs39

Which road in Harman’s Corner has the highest level of crime?

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

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