Crime Statistics for Higham, Gravesham, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Higham in September 2024. There were a total of 22 incidents. 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 Higham, 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	7
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Burglary	3
Robbery	1
Public Order	1
Theft From The Person	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Drugs	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	22

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Frindsbury (2.24 miles)	435
Lower Upnor (3.1 miles)	124
Chattenden (2.48 miles)	116
Lower Higham (1.24 miles)	25
Higham	22
Shorne (1.24 miles)	16
Shorne Ridgeway (1.39 miles)	13
Cobham (3.1 miles)	9
Cooling Street (2.63 miles)	8
Church Street (1.86 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Higham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Frindsbury	174
Lower Upnor	45
Chattenden	42
Lower Higham	13
Higham	7
Shorne	6
Shorne Ridgeway	5
Cobham	4
Church Street	4
Cooling Street	2

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

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 Higham 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 Higham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Higham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Higham is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Singlewell	86
2	Rochester West	84
3	Chalk	83
4	Rochester East	83
5	River	75
6	Strood South	74
7	Higham	69
8	Strood North	63
9	Strood Rural	56
10	Cuxton and Halling	51
11	Riverview	47

Which road in Higham has the highest level of crime?

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