Crime Statistics for Timberden Bottom, Sevenoaks, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Timberden Bottom in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Timberden Bottom, 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	2
Public Order	1
All Crime	3

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 Timberden Bottom. 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 Timberden Bottom

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Farningham (3.1 miles)	11
Twitton (1.86 miles)	7
Badgers Mount (1.24 miles)	6
Maypole (1.39 miles)	5
Eynsford (2.24 miles)	4
Timberden Bottom	3
Halstead (1.96 miles)	2
Shoreham (0.62 miles)	2
Knockholt (2.63 miles)	0
Rushmore Hill (2.55 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Timberden Bottom?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Twitton	4
Timberden Bottom	2
Shoreham	2
Badgers Mount	1
Maypole	1
Farningham	0
Eynsford	0
Halstead	0
Knockholt	0
Rushmore Hill	0

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

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 Timberden Bottom 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 Timberden Bottom compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Timberden Bottom and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Timberden Bottom have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom.

#	Ward	Score
1	Crockenhill and Well Hill	92
2	Sevenoaks Northern	69
3	Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth	67
4	Sevenoaks Eastern	59
5	Brasted, Chevening and Sundridge	47
6	Dunton Green and Riverhead	45
7	Eynsford	45
8	Otford and Shoreham	44
9	Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount	37
10	Kemsing	36
11	Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom	18

Which road in Timberden Bottom has the highest level of crime?

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