Crime Statistics for Hemsted, Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in in February 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hemsted, 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
All Crime	2

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 Hemsted. 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 Hemsted

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moorstock (3.1 miles)	8
Broad Street (1.39 miles)	7
Postling (1.86 miles)	6
Exted (2.24 miles)	4
Park Gate (3.1 miles)	4
Etchinghill (1.75 miles)	2
Hemsted	2
Newington (3.1 miles)	2
Newbarn (1.39 miles)	1
Shuttlesfield (2.48 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Hemsted?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broad Street	6
Exted	4
Moorstock	3
Park Gate	3
Hemsted	2
Postling	1
Etchinghill	0
Newington	0
Newbarn	0
Shuttlesfield	0

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

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 Hemsted 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 Hemsted compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	East Folkestone	78
2	Broadmead	71
3	Cheriton	43
4	Bircholt	43
5	Romney Marsh	37
6	Saxon Shore	36
7	North Downs East	36
8	Sandgate & West Folkestone	27
9	Hythe Rural	26
10	Hythe	26
11	North Downs West	21

Which road in Hemsted has the highest level of crime?

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