Crime Statistics for Marlpit Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 60 street level crime incidents in Marlpit 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 Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Marlpit 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	17
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Vehicle Crime	6
Public Order	4
Other Theft	3
Shoplifting	2
Burglary	2
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	60

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 Marlpit 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 Marlpit Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Marlpit Hill	60
Edenbridge (0.62 miles)	59
Holland (3.1 miles)	37
Eden (1.84 miles)	6
Four Elms (1.39 miles)	5
Pootings (1.39 miles)	4
Marsh Green (1.86 miles)	4
Eden (1.48 miles)	3
Crowhurst (3.1 miles)	0
Hever (2.63 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Marlpit Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Marlpit Hill	17
Edenbridge	15
Holland	14
Four Elms	2
Pootings	2
Marsh Green	2
Eden	0
Crowhurst	0
Hever	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Marlpit 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 Marlpit 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 Marlpit Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Lingfield and Crowhurst	80
2	Edenbridge South and West	70
3	Oxted South	66
4	Westerham and Crockham Hill	64
5	Limpsfield	59
6	Cowden and Hever	50
7	Edenbridge North and East	48
8	Oxted North and Tandridge	47
9	Dormansland and Felcourt	36
10	East Grinstead Ashplats	35
11	Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway	28

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

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