Published crime rates, Kent (Kent Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 72	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CT1 32,104 residents	232.1	7,450
2	ME4 33,496 residents	210.0	7,034
3	DA9 15,240 residents	202.0	3,079
4	CT16 21,111 residents	166.1	3,507
5	CT20 23,792 residents	160.8	3,825
6	CT9 46,355 residents	148.5	6,885
7	TN1 11,726 residents	145.1	1,702
8	ME7 53,363 residents	138.8	7,409
9	ME12 42,977 residents	130.1	5,591
10	CT11 29,981 residents	129.0	3,868
11	CT12 19,052 residents	120.4	2,294
12	CT17 22,282 residents	120.1	2,677
13	TN24 34,699 residents	119.1	4,132
14	DA11 41,400 residents	117.1	4,848
15	DA10 10,885 residents	115.5	1,257
16	DA2 24,220 residents	109.5	2,651
17	ME14 34,276 residents	108.1	3,705
18	ME15 53,312 residents	107.8	5,748
19	ME1 33,809 residents	107.3	3,627
20	TN9 19,261 residents	106.4	2,049

Lowest published rates

Rank of 72	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
72	TN3 11,626 residents	29.3	341
71	DA13 14,353 residents	42.5	610
70	TN11 14,828 residents	43.8	650
69	TN25 19,240 residents	48.9	940
68	CT18 14,883 residents	49.2	732
67	CT4 17,199 residents	49.5	852
66	TN26 12,411 residents	50.0	621
65	TN15 25,713 residents	50.7	1,303
64	ME18 7,136 residents	50.9	363
63	TN10 16,842 residents	51.8	873
62	TN18 6,662 residents	52.4	349
61	TN13 25,579 residents	52.6	1,346
60	TN4 31,266 residents	53.0	1,656
59	CT21 17,622 residents	53.4	941
58	TN28 8,843 residents	55.0	486
57	CT14 35,510 residents	57.5	2,043
56	TN29 13,239 residents	57.6	762
55	ME19 25,635 residents	57.8	1,481
54	CT7 12,127 residents	58.1	704
53	CT3 20,649 residents	59.5	1,228

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 167	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CT1 2 5,181 residents	493.0	2,554
2	CT9 1 7,649 residents	361.6	2,766
3	CT20 1 6,838 residents	308.3	2,108
4	ME12 1 7,345 residents	271.2	1,992
5	CT1 1 14,297 residents	233.8	3,342
6	ME1 1 6,360 residents	220.0	1,399
7	CT11 8 5,905 residents	218.8	1,292
8	DA9 9 15,240 residents	202.0	3,079
9	ME7 1 12,905 residents	196.0	2,530
10	CT6 5 8,243 residents	182.1	1,501
11	DA11 0 8,978 residents	176.4	1,584
12	TN24 8 7,169 residents	171.2	1,227
13	ME10 3 9,750 residents	168.5	1,643
14	ME4 6 10,561 residents	167.1	1,765
15	ME7 5 9,885 residents	166.6	1,647
16	DA1 1 11,004 residents	165.3	1,819
17	ME15 6 12,882 residents	162.9	2,099
18	CT20 2 7,557 residents	157.3	1,189
19	CT11 9 7,073 residents	156.9	1,110
20	TN9 1 7,890 residents	156.8	1,237

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 167	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
167	TN3 0 5,875 residents	22.6	133
166	TN10 4 8,435 residents	33.9	286
165	ME14 4 5,994 residents	35.0	210
164	CT4 6 5,015 residents	35.5	178
163	TN25 6 5,084 residents	36.6	186
162	CT3 1 6,387 residents	37.4	239
161	TN15 8 6,002 residents	37.7	226
160	TN11 9 6,125 residents	38.0	233
159	ME19 5 8,197 residents	38.4	315
158	TN13 3 10,101 residents	41.3	417
157	DA5 2 5,387 residents	41.6	224
156	ME8 9 11,972 residents	41.6	498
155	TN23 4 5,674 residents	41.9	238
154	TN15 6 9,804 residents	42.0	412
153	DA13 0 8,960 residents	42.3	379
152	DA13 9 5,393 residents	42.8	231
151	CT6 7 12,585 residents	44.5	560
150	TN13 2 9,336 residents	45.0	420
149	DA3 8 8,692 residents	45.4	395
148	TN4 0 9,353 residents	46.4	434

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