Crime Statistics for Harvel, Gravesham, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Harvel, Gravesham

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in Harvel in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Harvel, 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 Crime8
Public Order4
Anti Social Behaviour3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Vehicle Crime2
Other Theft1
All Crime21

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 Harvel. 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 Harvel

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Harvel21
South Street (0.62 miles)19
Foxendown (1.39 miles)18
Culverstone Green (0.88 miles)15
Ash-cum-Ridley (2.55 miles)14
New Street (1.39 miles)11
Hodsoll Street (1.24 miles)11
Fairseat (1.75 miles)2
Great Buckland (1.24 miles)1
Coomb Hill (1.39 miles)1

7.76%
of Snodland West and Holborough Lakes residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Harvel?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Foxendown9
Harvel8
Culverstone Green7
South Street4
Ash-cum-Ridley4
New Street2
Hodsoll Street2
Coomb Hill1
Fairseat0
Great Buckland0

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

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 Harvel 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 Harvel compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ash and New Ash Green72
2Snodland East and Ham Hill66
3Shorne, Cobham and Luddesdown64
4Istead Rise59
5West Malling and Leybourne54
6Fawkham and West Kingsdown51
7Larkfield South51
8Meopham North49
9Meopham South and Vigo49
10Hartley and Hodsoll Street49
11Snodland West and Holborough Lakes41

Which road in Harvel has the highest level of crime?

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

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