Crime Statistics for Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 469 street level crime incidents in Penenden Heath 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 Penenden Heath, 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	166
Anti Social Behaviour	80
Shoplifting	51
Criminal Damage Arson	45
Other Theft	31
Public Order	23
Drugs	17
Vehicle Crime	17
Burglary	14
Possession Of Weapons	10
Other Crime	8
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	469

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 Penenden Heath. 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 Penenden Heath

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Maidstone (1.24 miles)	535
Penenden Heath	469
Harbourland (0.62 miles)	309
Fant (1.75 miles)	206
Allington (1.24 miles)	144
Weavering Street (1.39 miles)	126
Abbey Gate (0.88 miles)	116
Sandling (0.88 miles)	116
Ware Street (1.96 miles)	90
Boxley (0.88 miles)	69

Where are the most violent places near Penenden Heath?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Maidstone	196
Penenden Heath	166
Harbourland	126
Fant	89
Allington	54
Abbey Gate	47
Sandling	47
Weavering Street	43
Ware Street	30
Boxley	27

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Penenden Heath?

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 Penenden Heath 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 Penenden Heath compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	High Street	82
2	Shepway North	73
3	Fant	72
4	North	52
5	Bridge	52
6	Heath	50
7	East	44
8	Detling and Thurnham	41
9	Aylesford South	40
10	Boxley	31
11	Allington	11

Which road in Penenden Heath has the highest level of crime?

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