Crime Statistics for Marden, Maidstone, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Marden, Maidstone

There were a total of 34 street level crime incidents in Marden in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Marden, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime15
Criminal Damage Arson6
Anti Social Behaviour3
Burglary2
Vehicle Crime2
Other Theft2
Bicycle Theft2
Drugs1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime34

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Marden. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Marden

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Marden34
Milebush (0.88 miles)34
Great Pattenden (0.62 miles)27
Underlining Green (1.39 miles)13
Wanshurst Green (1.39 miles)11
Marden Beech (0.88 miles)7
Cross-at-Hand (2.77 miles)6
Collier Street (1.96 miles)3
Teise (3.08 miles)2
Marden Thorn (1.39 miles)0

8.37%
of Goudhurst and Lamberhurst residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Marden?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Milebush16
Marden15
Great Pattenden12
Marden Beech5
Underlining Green4
Wanshurst Green4
Collier Street2
Cross-at-Hand1
Teise1
Marden Thorn0

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

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 Marden 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 Marden compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Marden and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Marden is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Marden and Yalding48
2Frittenden and Sissinghurst42
3Boughton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton41
4Benenden and Cranbrook40
5Coxheath and Hunton37
6Goudhurst and Lamberhurst32
7Staplehurst31
8Paddock Wood West31
9Loose30
10Paddock Wood East28
11Brenchley and Horsmonden21

Which road in Marden has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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