Crime Statistics for Lower Island, Whitstable, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 115 street level crime incidents in Lower Island 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 Lower Island, 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	41
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Shoplifting	11
Burglary	8
Other Crime	8
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Vehicle Crime	6
Other Theft	6
Public Order	4
Drugs	4
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	115

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 Lower Island. 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 Lower Island

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Lower Island	115
Tankerton (1.24 miles)	109
Greenhill (3.72 miles)	41
Clapham Hill (1.24 miles)	26
Chestfield (1.96 miles)	23
Yorkletts (1.96 miles)	8
Pean Hill (2.48 miles)	3
Honey Hill (3.17 miles)	3
Waterham (3.1 miles)	2
Radfall (2.23 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Lower Island?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Lower Island	41
Tankerton	40
Greenhill	17
Chestfield	7
Clapham Hill	6
Yorkletts	2
Pean Hill	0
Honey Hill	0
Waterham	0
Radfall	0

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

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 Lower Island 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 Lower Island compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Island and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lower Island is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Heron	72
2	Gorrell	71
3	Greenhill	67
4	Boughton and Courtenay	58
5	Tankerton	51
6	West Bay	47
7	Seasalter	47
8	Blean Forest	37
9	Swalecliffe	31
10	Herne & Broomfield	26
11	Chestfield	25

Which road in Lower Island has the highest level of crime?

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