Crime Statistics for Painter’s Forstal, Swale, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Painter’s Forstal, Swale

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Painter’s Forstal in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Drugs, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Drugs1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
All Crime3

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 Painter’s Forstal. 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 Painter’s Forstal

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Faversham (2.24 miles)115
The Brents (2.24 miles)115
Oare (2.56 miles)64
Teynham (3.51 miles)21
Copton (1.39 miles)13
Plumford (0.62 miles)4
Painter’s Forstal3
Hogben’s Hill (2.77 miles)1
Norton Ash (2.24 miles)0
Four Oaks (2.56 miles)0

6.01%
of East Downs residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Painter’s Forstal?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Faversham44
The Brents44
Oare33
Teynham11
Copton3
Plumford0
Painter’s Forstal0
Hogben’s Hill0
Norton Ash0
Four Oaks0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Painter’s Forstal?

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 Painter’s Forstal 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 Painter’s Forstal compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Painter’s Forstal and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Painter’s Forstal is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1North Downs87
2Roman80
3Murston75
4Priory72
5East Downs65
6Charing65
7Watling63
8Teynham and Lynsted63
9Abbey62
10St Ann's58
11Downs West52

Which road in Painter’s Forstal has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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