Crime Statistics for Istead Rise, Gravesham, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 17 street level crime incidents in Istead Rise in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Vehicle Crime	4
Violent Crime	3
Burglary	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Shoplifting	2
Other Crime	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	17

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 Istead Rise. 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 Istead Rise

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New House (1.24 miles)	184
Hartley (2.63 miles)	45
Longfield (1.96 miles)	29
New Barn (1.39 miles)	28
Longfield Hill (1.39 miles)	28
Camer (2.24 miles)	21
Istead Rise	17
Round Street (1.75 miles)	10
Betsham (1.96 miles)	9
Southfleet (1.39 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Istead Rise?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New House	70
Hartley	15
Longfield	11
New Barn	11
Longfield Hill	11
Camer	10
Round Street	4
Istead Rise	3
Betsham	1
Southfleet	0

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

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 Istead Rise 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 Istead Rise compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Istead Rise and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Istead Rise is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Coldharbour	86
2	Singlewell	86
3	Northfleet South	83
4	Whitehill	83
5	Woodlands	83
6	Shorne, Cobham and Luddesdown	64
7	Istead Rise	59
8	Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet	55
9	Painters Ash	52
10	Fawkham and West Kingsdown	51
11	Meopham North	49

Which road in Istead Rise has the highest level of crime?

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