Crime Statistics for Bybrook, Ashford, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Bybrook in October 2024. There were a total of 360 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 Bybrook, 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	142
Anti Social Behaviour	63
Shoplifting	39
Public Order	30
Other Theft	20
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Drugs	18
Vehicle Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	6
Bicycle Theft	5
Robbery	4
Theft From The Person	2
Other Crime	2
Burglary	2
All Crime	360

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 Bybrook. 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 Bybrook

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ashford (1.39 miles)	447
Kennington	270
Bockhanger	270
South Ashford (1.96 miles)	241
Bybrook	185
South Willesborough (2.56 miles)	177
Potters Corner (1.24 miles)	97
Great Chart (2.63 miles)	68
Tutt Hill (2.77 miles)	5
Hothfield (2.48 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Bybrook?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ashford	203
Bybrook	142
South Ashford	99
Kennington	98
Bockhanger	98
South Willesborough	61
Potters Corner	39
Great Chart	28
Tutt Hill	2
Hothfield	1

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

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 Bybrook 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 Bybrook compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bybrook and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Bybrook is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Norman	78
2	Bockhanger	74
3	Victoria	73
4	Furley	72
5	Bybrook	68
6	Willesborough	54
7	Repton	50
8	Kennington	41
9	Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm	40
10	Godinton	38
11	Goat Lees	34

Which road in Bybrook has the highest level of crime?

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