Kent Police Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Kent Police's force coverage area is 69 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 31 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Kent Police Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Kent Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Kent Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Kent Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Kent Police's 69,601 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Kent Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Kent Police has a crime risk score of 475. This is based on analysis of 69,601 nearby areas within Kent Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Kent Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Kent Police, crime risk scores are typically around 475, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 475 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 489 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
Kent Police
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 15% in Kent Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Kent Police's crime risk score is down by 18%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Kent Police's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 3.9%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Kent Police
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Kent Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences have a crime rate of 7.75 reports per 1,000 people in Kent Police, which is 1.23 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 16,216 crime reports logged by Kent Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Kent Police recorded 16,401 reports of Shoplifting in Kent Police, resulting in a crime rate of 7.84 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.10.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.02 times the national average at 0.87 reports per 1,000. This is from 1,853 crime reports reported to Kent Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.60 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.56 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 7% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.20 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 20% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.58 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.69 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 16% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.67 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.87 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 23% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Kent Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 33,300 | 15.94 | 1.13 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 1,032 | 0.49 | 0.67 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 4,456 | 2.13 | 0.68 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 16,216 | 7.75 | 1.23 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 6,417 | 3.07 | 0.99 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 4,966 | 2.38 | 1.29 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 11,596 | 5.56 | 0.98 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 1,853 | 0.87 | 1.02 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 7,431 | 3.57 | 0.62 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 1,479 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 16,401 | 7.84 | 1.10 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 764 | 0.37 | 0.24 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 7,250 | 3.48 | 0.81 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 64,624 | 30.92 | 1.02 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
Kent Police | National | ||||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 144,485 | 69.16 | 0.96 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 153,580 | 74.10 | 1.00 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 162,717 | 79.53 | 1.05 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 167,600 | 82.96 | 1.05 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 176,117 | 88.19 | 1.15 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 161,767 | 81.59 | 1.19 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 176,648 | 89.60 | 1.21 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 185,170 | 94.50 | 1.24 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 180,728 | 92.68 | 1.30 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 132,644 | 68.41 | 1.07 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 37,797 | 19.52 | 1.02 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Kent Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Stone | 3,495 | 204.01 | 2.88 | ||||||
| Sheerness | 2,174 | 153.60 | 2.18 | ||||||
| Dover | 4,484 | 117.09 | 1.63 | ||||||
| Ramsgate | 4,910 | 107.81 | 1.50 | ||||||
| Margate | 6,239 | 95.42 | 1.33 | ||||||
| Folkestone | 5,076 | 94.12 | 1.31 | ||||||
| Chatham | 8,085 | 94.05 | 1.31 | ||||||
| Ashford | 4,497 | 87.42 | 1.21 | ||||||
| Maidstone | 8,954 | 84.97 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Herne Bay | 2,064 | 82.52 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Gravesend | 4,997 | 81.09 | 1.13 | ||||||
| Gillingham | 9,177 | 79.21 | 1.10 | ||||||
| Northfleet | 2,556 | 78.60 | 1.11 | ||||||
| Sittingbourne | 4,423 | 75.17 | 1.05 | ||||||
| Swanscombe and Greenhithe | 1,104 | 74.37 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Dartford | 4,920 | 72.68 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Whitstable | 2,283 | 70.17 | 1.01 | ||||||
| Faversham | 1,691 | 69.30 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Snodland | 867 | 67.96 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Paddock Wood | 665 | 67.45 | 1.03 | ||||||
| Rochester | 2,702 | 66.19 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Swanley | 1,291 | 65.65 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Edenbridge | 694 | 62.84 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Tonbridge | 2,311 | 60.58 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Deal | 1,254 | 58.70 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Broadstairs and St. Peters | 1,517 | 57.95 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 3,296 | 55.06 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Tenterden | 493 | 53.74 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Minster-on-Sea | 947 | 52.24 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Hoo St. Werburgh | 682 | 51.26 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Aylesford | 702 | 49.73 | 0.74 | ||||||
| East Malling and Larkfield | 807 | 48.40 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Birchington | 488 | 45.30 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Sevenoaks | 1,137 | 44.37 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Hawkinge | 376 | 43.61 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Frindsbury Extra | 440 | 42.58 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Boxley | 453 | 40.85 | 0.65 | ||||||
| Southborough | 512 | 40.84 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Hythe | 637 | 39.39 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Walmer | 304 | 37.68 | 0.71 | ||||||
| Kingsnorth | 426 | 32.60 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Herne and Broomfield | 265 | 28.35 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Bearsted | 226 | 26.67 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Kings Hill | 312 | 18.22 | 0.31 | ||||||
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Kent Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford Police Station | Church Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 1BT | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Closed bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Canterbury Police Station | Canterbury Police Station, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3JQ | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Cranbrook Police Station | Wheatfield Drive, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3LU | This front counter is currently closed. |
| Dartford Contact Point | Civic Offices, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent DA1 1DR | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Deal Police Station | Deal Town Hall, High Street, Deal, Kent CT14 6TR | This front counter is currently closed. |
| Dover Police Station | Ladywell, Dover, Kent CT16 1DJ | The front desk will be closing at 4pm on Tuesday 4 June. Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 1pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Closed bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Faversham Police Station | Church Road, Faversham, Kent, Kent ME13 8AL | This front counter is currently closed. |
| Folkestone Police Station | Block A, Bouverie Road West, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2SG | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Gravesend Contact Point | Civic Centre, Windwill Street, Gravesend, Kent DA12 1AU | The front counter will be closed: Tuesday 4 June Wednesday 5 June Thursday 6 June Friday 7 June Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Herne Bay Police Station | 34 Gordon Road, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 5QU | The front counter will be closed on Friday 7 June. Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday -9am to 5pm Closed on Saturday and Sunday When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Maidstone Police Station | Palace Avenue, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6NF | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Margate Police Station | Celt House, Fort Hill, Margate, Kent CT9 1HL | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays ΓÇï |
| Medway Police Station | Purser Way, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1NE | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| North Kent Police Station | Thames Way, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent DA11 8BD | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Rainham Contact Point | 1-3 Station Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent ME8 7RS | Opening times Monday - 9am to 3pm Tuesday - 9am to 3pm Wednesday - 9am to 3pm Thursday - 9am to 3pm Friday - 9am to 3pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Ramsgate Police Station | 25-26 York Street, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9DS | The front counter will be closed: Monday 3 June Wednesday 5 June Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Sevenoaks Police Station | Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1HG | The front counter will be closed: Friday 31 May Monday 3 June Thursday 6 June Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Sheerness Police Station | Millennium Way, Sheerness, Kent ME12 1PA | The front counter will be closed: Friday 31 May Monday 3 June Thursday 6 June Friday 7 June Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Sittingbourne Police Station | Central Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4NR | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Swanley Police Station | London Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7AJ | The front counter will be closed on Saturday 8 June. Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Tonbridge Police Station | Pembury Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2HS | Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Sunday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |
| Tunbridge Wells Police Station | Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2LU | The front counter will be closed: Friday 31 May Saturday 1 June Monday 3 June Thursday 6 June Friday 7 June Saturday 8 June Opening times Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday - 9am to 5pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays When the front counter is closed, a phone is available that will connect you to our force control room. Please ensure that you wash and sanitise your hands after use. |