Crime Statistics for Herne Bay, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 171 street level crime incidents in Herne Bay in February 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 Herne Bay, 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	70
Anti Social Behaviour	33
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Shoplifting	12
Other Theft	10
Public Order	6
Drugs	5
Vehicle Crime	5
Burglary	3
Possession Of Weapons	3
Theft From The Person	3
Other Crime	1
All Crime	171

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 Herne Bay. 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 Herne Bay

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Herne Bay	171
Eddington (0.62 miles)	157
Beltinge (1.39 miles)	107
Hampton (0.62 miles)	88
Lower Herne (0.88 miles)	46
Herne (0.88 miles)	46
Bishopstone (1.96 miles)	41
Greenhill (0.88 miles)	41
Herne Common (1.24 miles)	13
Bullockstone (1.39 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Herne Bay?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Herne Bay	70
Eddington	63
Hampton	43
Beltinge	41
Greenhill	17
Lower Herne	14
Herne	14
Bishopstone	14
Herne Common	4
Bullockstone	1

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

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 Herne Bay 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 Herne Bay compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Heron	72
2	Gorrell	71
3	Greenhill	67
4	Tankerton	51
5	West Bay	47
6	Reculver	43
7	Blean Forest	37
8	Beltinge	35
9	Swalecliffe	31
10	Herne & Broomfield	26
11	Chestfield	25

Which road in Herne Bay has the highest level of crime?

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