Crime Statistics for Hextable, Sevenoaks, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hextable in October 2024. There were a total of 248 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 Hextable, 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	71
Anti Social Behaviour	62
Drugs	22
Vehicle Crime	16
Burglary	16
Public Order	12
Other Theft	12
Shoplifting	12
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Crime	9
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	248

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 Hextable. 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 Hextable

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hextable	237
Kevingtown (2.63 miles)	189
Bowmans (1.96 miles)	163
Crayford (2.48 miles)	131
Old Bexley (2.24 miles)	117
Ruxley (1.57 miles)	102
Coldblow (1.96 miles)	53
Heath Side (1.24 miles)	42
Hockenden (1.75 miles)	42
Crockenhill (1.96 miles)	23

Where are the most violent places near Hextable?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bowmans	131
Hextable	71
Kevingtown	59
Crayford	38
Ruxley	36
Old Bexley	31
Coldblow	19
Heath Side	18
Crockenhill	15
Hockenden	14

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

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 Hextable 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 Hextable compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hextable and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hextable is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Swanley St Mary's	92
2	Swanley White Oak	81
3	Maypole & Leyton Cross	70
4	Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth	67
5	Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley	65
6	Hextable	59
7	Heath	54
8	Crayford	54
9	Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village	50
10	St Mary's & St James	50
11	Joyden's Wood	43

Which road in Hextable has the highest level of crime?

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