Crime Statistics for Milton Regis, Swale, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Milton Regis, Swale

There were a total of 238 street level crime incidents in Milton Regis in January 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 Milton Regis, 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 Crime86
Anti Social Behaviour42
Shoplifting35
Other Theft20
Criminal Damage Arson13
Vehicle Crime12
Public Order10
Drugs8
Burglary7
Other Crime5
All Crime238

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 Milton Regis. 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 Milton Regis

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Milton Regis238
Kemsley (1.39 miles)115
Key Street (0.62 miles)62
Bobbing (0.88 miles)56
Keycol (1.24 miles)26
Cold Harbour (1.24 miles)26
Chestnut Street (1.39 miles)14
Harman’s Corner (1.39 miles)4
Borden (1.39 miles)4
Heart’s Delight (1.39 miles)4

6.49%
of Borden and Grove Park residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Milton Regis?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Milton Regis86
Kemsley50
Bobbing25
Key Street24
Keycol9
Cold Harbour9
Chestnut Street6
Harman’s Corner1
Borden1
Heart’s Delight1

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

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 Milton Regis 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 Milton Regis compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Milton Regis and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Milton Regis is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Chalkwell87
2Milton Regis80
3Roman80
4Murston75
5Homewood66
6Teynham and Lynsted63
7Kemsley62
8Borden and Grove Park58
9Woodstock41
10West Downs39

Which road in Milton Regis has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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