Crime Statistics for New Hythe, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for New Hythe, Tonbridge and Malling

There were a total of 117 street level crime incidents in New Hythe 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 New Hythe, 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 Crime54
Criminal Damage Arson16
Anti Social Behaviour11
Vehicle Crime9
Other Theft6
Shoplifting5
Other Crime4
Public Order4
Burglary3
Bicycle Theft2
Possession Of Weapons2
Drugs1
All Crime117

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 New Hythe. 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 New Hythe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
New Hythe117
Ham Hill (0.62 miles)116
Larkfield (0.62 miles)100
Millhall (1.24 miles)82
Aylesford (1.39 miles)68
Mill Street (1.39 miles)48
Royal British Legion Village (1.75 miles)40
Holt Hill (1.39 miles)39
Ryarsh (1.86 miles)25
Birling (1.39 miles)21

6.7%
of Larkfield South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near New Hythe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
New Hythe54
Ham Hill54
Larkfield46
Millhall29
Aylesford25
Mill Street20
Holt Hill16
Birling11
Royal British Legion Village10
Ryarsh10

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

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 New Hythe 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 New Hythe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to New Hythe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. New Hythe is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1East Malling77
2Snodland East and Ham Hill66
3West Malling and Leybourne54
4Larkfield South51
5Aylesford South40
6Larkfield North37
7Ditton32
8Barming and Teston28
9Wateringbury28
10Kings Hill15
11Allington11

Which road in New Hythe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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