Crime Statistics for Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bearsted in September 2024. There were a total of 60 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bearsted, 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	22
Vehicle Crime	11
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Drugs	4
Shoplifting	3
Other Crime	3
Other Theft	2
Public Order	2
Burglary	1
All Crime	60

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 Bearsted. 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 Bearsted

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Maidstone (1.86 miles)	534
Harbourland (1.75 miles)	424
Penenden Heath (2.24 miles)	408
Weavering Street (0.88 miles)	203
Shepway (1.75 miles)	155
Green Hill (0.62 miles)	90
Bearsted	60
Ware Street (0.62 miles)	55
Thurnham (1.39 miles)	17
Ashbank (2.24 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Bearsted?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Maidstone	196
Harbourland	178
Penenden Heath	176
Shepway	84
Weavering Street	83
Green Hill	33
Ware Street	24
Bearsted	22
Thurnham	13
Ashbank	2

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

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 Bearsted 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 Bearsted compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bearsted and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Bearsted have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is High Street.

#	Ward	Score
1	High Street	82
2	Shepway South	73
3	Shepway North	73
4	Park Wood	67
5	Leeds	56
6	North	52
7	Bridge	52
8	East	44
9	Detling and Thurnham	41
10	Downswood and Otham	39
11	Bearsted	12

Which road in Bearsted has the highest level of crime?

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