Crime Statistics for Parker’s Green, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Parker’s Green, Tonbridge and Malling

There were a total of 37 street level crime incidents in Parker’s Green 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 Parker’s Green, 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 Crime17
Criminal Damage Arson6
Public Order3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Vehicle Crime2
Burglary2
Other Crime1
Robbery1
Other Theft1
Drugs1
All Crime37

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 Parker’s Green. 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 Parker’s Green

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cage Green (1.39 miles)178
Tonbridge (1.75 miles)163
Hadlow Stair (0.88 miles)141
Higham Wood (0.62 miles)95
Parker’s Green37
Pittswood (0.62 miles)30
Goose Green (2.24 miles)8
Hadlow (1.75 miles)8
Hamptons (2.56 miles)0
Dunk’s Green (2.48 miles)0

7.73%
of Higham (Tonbridge and Malling) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Parker’s Green?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cage Green53
Tonbridge46
Hadlow Stair40
Higham Wood40
Parker’s Green17
Pittswood14
Goose Green2
Hadlow2
Hamptons0
Dunk’s Green0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Parker’s Green?

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 Parker’s Green 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 Parker’s Green compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Medway61
2Trench58
3Cage Green51
4Castle51
5Judd46
6Southborough North45
7Capel39
8Higham38
9Vauxhall34
10Borough Green and Long Mill29
11Pembury27

Which road in Parker’s Green has the highest level of crime?

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

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