Crime Statistics for The Brents, Swale, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for The Brents, Swale

There were a total of 115 street level crime incidents in The Brents 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 The Brents, 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 Crime44
Criminal Damage Arson14
Shoplifting13
Vehicle Crime11
Anti Social Behaviour11
Other Theft8
Burglary4
Drugs4
Bicycle Theft2
Public Order2
Other Crime2
All Crime115

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 The Brents. 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 The Brents

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Faversham115
The Brents115
Oare (0.88 miles)64
Copton (1.24 miles)13
Goodnestone (1.86 miles)5
Plumford (1.96 miles)4
Painter’s Forstal (2.24 miles)3
Broom Street (1.96 miles)3
Norton Ash (2.48 miles)0
Four Oaks (1.96 miles)0

6.53%
of Watling (Swale) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near The Brents?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Faversham44
The Brents44
Oare33
Copton3
Goodnestone1
Broom Street1
Plumford0
Painter’s Forstal0
Norton Ash0
Four Oaks0

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

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 The Brents 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 The Brents compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Brents and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. The Brents is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Murston75
2Priory72
3East Downs65
4Charing65
5Watling63
6Teynham and Lynsted63
7Abbey62
8Boughton and Courtenay58
9St Ann's58
10Downs West52
11Seasalter47

Which road in The Brents has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in The Brents with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Les Spickett Close.

Last updated: January 2024
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