Crime Statistics for Rhode Common, Swale, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Rhode Common, Swale

There were a total of 7 street level crime incidents in Rhode Common 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 Rhode Common, 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 Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime7

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 Rhode Common. 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 Rhode Common

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Shalmsford Street (2.24 miles)19
Boughton Street (1.86 miles)16
Hickmans Green (1.24 miles)15
Crouch (1.39 miles)12
Dunkirk (1.96 miles)8
Rhode Common7
Bagham (1.96 miles)6
Shottenden (1.75 miles)6
Chilham (1.86 miles)5
Hogben’s Hill (1.86 miles)1

8.57%
of Downs North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Rhode Common?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Shalmsford Street16
Boughton Street5
Shottenden5
Crouch4
Hickmans Green3
Rhode Common3
Bagham2
Chilham2
Dunkirk1
Hogben’s Hill0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Rhode Common?

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 Rhode Common 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 Rhode Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rhode Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Rhode Common is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Priory72
2East Downs65
3Watling63
4Abbey62
5Boughton and Courtenay58
6St Ann's58
7Downs West52
8Seasalter47
9Downs North46
10Chartham & Stone Street45
11Wye with Hinxhill41

Which road in Rhode Common has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Rhode Common with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

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