Crime Statistics for Ryarsh, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Ryarsh in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ryarsh, 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	10
Other Crime	4
Public Order	2
Burglary	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Theft	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Shoplifting	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	25

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 Ryarsh. 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 Ryarsh

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Hythe (1.86 miles)	92
Larkfield (1.96 miles)	76
Ham Hill (1.96 miles)	74
Holborough (2.63 miles)	69
Mill Street (1.75 miles)	46
St Leonard’s Street (1.86 miles)	33
Ryarsh	25
Birling (0.88 miles)	17
Great Buckland (2.56 miles)	5
Addington (1.24 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Ryarsh?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Hythe	42
Ham Hill	35
Larkfield	30
Holborough	23
Mill Street	23
St Leonard’s Street	14
Ryarsh	10
Birling	8
Addington	2
Great Buckland	1

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

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 Ryarsh 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 Ryarsh compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	East Malling	77
2	Snodland East and Ham Hill	66
3	Downs and Mereworth	65
4	West Malling and Leybourne	54
5	Larkfield South	51
6	Snodland West and Holborough Lakes	41
7	Larkfield North	37
8	Hadlow and East Peckham	33
9	Ditton	32
10	Wateringbury	28
11	Kings Hill	15

Which road in Ryarsh has the highest level of crime?

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