Crime Statistics for Rusthall, Wealden, Kent, September 2019

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Rusthall using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so September 2019 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 75 street level crime incidents in Rusthall in September 2019. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rusthall, 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	34
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Burglary	4
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Other Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	75

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2019

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Rusthall. 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 Rusthall

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Royal Tunbridge Wells (1.24 miles)	308
St John’s (1.75 miles)	291
Rusthall	75
Broomhill Bank (0.62 miles)	46
Broadwater Down (1.39 miles)	42
Ramslye (0.62 miles)	40
Speldhurst (1.39 miles)	17
Stockland Green (1.86 miles)	14
Strawberry Hill (1.24 miles)	11
Langton Green (1.24 miles)	8

Most violent places near Rusthall

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

Location	Violent Incidents
St John’s	107
Royal Tunbridge Wells	106
Rusthall	34
Broomhill Bank	23
Broadwater Down	14
Ramslye	13
Speldhurst	8
Stockland Green	5
Strawberry Hill	5
Langton Green	4