Crime Statistics for Burham, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Burham in October 2024. There were a total of 56 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 Burham, 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	26
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Shoplifting	4
Public Order	3
Other Crime	3
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	56

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burham Court (0.62 miles)	157
Holborough (1.24 miles)	99
Ham Hill (1.75 miles)	83
New Hythe (2.24 miles)	80
Millhall (1.86 miles)	71
Burham	55
Halling (1.75 miles)	51
Eccles (1.39 miles)	50
Upper Halling (2.24 miles)	23
Blue Bell Hill (1.24 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Burham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Burham Court	59
Eccles	46
New Hythe	45
Ham Hill	35
Holborough	30
Burham	26
Millhall	24
Halling	20
Upper Halling	11
Blue Bell Hill	2

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

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 Burham 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 Burham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Snodland East and Ham Hill	66
2	Burham and Wouldham	63
3	Rochester South and Horsted	62
4	Princes Park	61
5	Walderslade	60
6	Aylesford North and Walderslade	53
7	Cuxton and Halling	51
8	Larkfield South	51
9	Snodland West and Holborough Lakes	41
10	Aylesford South	40
11	Larkfield North	37

Which road in Burham has the highest level of crime?

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