Crime Statistics for Hosey Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 26 street level crime incidents in Hosey Hill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hosey Hill, 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	8
Shoplifting	7
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Theft	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	26

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 Hosey Hill. 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 Hosey Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pains Hill (2.77 miles)	38
Hosey Hill	26
Moorhouse Bank (1.86 miles)	14
Dryhill (2.77 miles)	11
Goodley Stock (0.88 miles)	5
The Chart (0.88 miles)	5
Pootings (2.48 miles)	4
Hanging Bank (2.24 miles)	3
Ide Hill (2.24 miles)	3
Toys Hill (1.75 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Hosey Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Pains Hill	15
Hosey Hill	8
Dryhill	6
Pootings	2
Moorhouse Bank	1
Goodley Stock	0
The Chart	0
Hanging Bank	0
Ide Hill	0
Toys Hill	0

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

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 Hosey Hill 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 Hosey Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hosey Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hosey Hill is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Edenbridge South and West	70
2	Sevenoaks Northern	69
3	Oxted South	66
4	Westerham and Crockham Hill	64
5	Limpsfield	59
6	Tatsfield and Titsey	55
7	Edenbridge North and East	48
8	Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge	47
9	Oxted North and Tandridge	47
10	Dunton Green and Riverhead	45
11	Sevenoaks Kippington	27

Which road in Hosey Hill has the highest level of crime?

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