Crime Statistics for Littlestone-on-Sea, Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Littlestone-on-Sea in September 2024. There were a total of 27 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Littlestone-on-Sea, 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 Crime10
Anti Social Behaviour7
Criminal Damage Arson2
Other Theft2
Burglary1
Other Crime1
Vehicle Crime1
Public Order1
Possession Of Weapons1
Drugs1
All Crime27

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 Littlestone-on-Sea. 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 Littlestone-on-Sea

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

LocationCrime Incidents
St Mary’s Bay (1.96 miles)30
Littlestone-on-Sea27
New Romney (0.62 miles)24
Lade (2.56 miles)9
Dymchurch (3.62 miles)9
Greatstone-on-Sea (1.39 miles)7
Brenzett (4.72 miles)3
Brenzett Green (4.47 miles)3
St Mary in the Marsh (1.96 miles)0
Ivychurch (3.61 miles)0

4.45%
of New Romney residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Littlestone-on-Sea?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
St Mary’s Bay20
Littlestone-on-Sea10
New Romney6
Lade6
Greatstone-on-Sea5
Dymchurch4
Brenzett1
Brenzett Green1
St Mary in the Marsh0
Ivychurch0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Littlestone-on-Sea?

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 Littlestone-on-Sea 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 Littlestone-on-Sea compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Littlestone-on-Sea and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Littlestone-on-Sea is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Rye & Winchelsea44
2Walland & Denge Marsh44
3New Romney39
4Romney Marsh37
5Saxon Shore36
6Park Farm South36
7Park Farm North28
8Hythe Rural26
9Isle of Oxney26
10Hythe26

Which road in Littlestone-on-Sea has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Littlestone-on-Sea with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Marine Parade.

Last updated: September 2024
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