Published violence and sexual offences rates, Kent (Kent Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	71.9	2,307
2	ME4 33,496 residents	71.3	2,387
3	CT16 21,111 residents	57.3	1,210
4	CT9 46,355 residents	57.1	2,645
5	CT12 19,052 residents	55.9	1,065
6	CT20 23,792 residents	55.6	1,324
7	ME12 42,977 residents	51.1	2,194
8	CT11 29,981 residents	51.0	1,528
9	ME7 53,363 residents	50.9	2,716
10	CT17 22,282 residents	47.6	1,060
11	DA2 24,220 residents	46.8	1,133
12	TN1 11,726 residents	44.2	518
13	DA11 41,400 residents	40.9	1,694
14	TN24 34,699 residents	40.9	1,418
15	ME1 33,809 residents	40.4	1,365
16	ME15 53,312 residents	37.8	2,014
17	ME16 34,433 residents	37.8	1,300
18	ME14 34,276 residents	37.7	1,292
19	DA10 10,885 residents	37.2	405
20	CT8 7,898 residents	36.3	287

Lowest published rates

Rank of 72	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
72	TN3 11,626 residents	9.0	105
71	DA13 14,353 residents	13.6	195
70	TN13 25,579 residents	13.6	348
69	ME18 7,136 residents	14.0	100
68	TN11 14,828 residents	14.6	216
67	DA3 17,108 residents	15.4	264
66	CT18 14,883 residents	15.5	230
65	TN18 6,662 residents	16.8	112
64	CT21 17,622 residents	18.0	317
63	CT4 17,199 residents	18.5	319
62	TN17 14,301 residents	18.6	266
61	DA4 9,437 residents	18.9	178
60	TN25 19,240 residents	18.9	363
59	TN14 16,659 residents	19.1	318
58	TN26 12,411 residents	19.3	239
57	TN4 31,266 residents	19.5	611
56	ME19 25,635 residents	20.5	526
55	TN15 25,713 residents	21.0	539
54	ME20 21,760 residents	21.2	461
53	TN10 16,842 residents	21.2	357

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 167	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CT1 2 5,181 residents	130.3	675
2	CT9 1 7,649 residents	120.4	921
3	CT20 1 6,838 residents	114.1	780
4	CT11 8 5,905 residents	94.8	560
5	ME12 1 7,345 residents	82.9	609
6	CT1 1 14,297 residents	81.6	1,167
7	ME12 4 8,306 residents	80.9	672
8	ME1 1 6,360 residents	78.1	497
9	DA2 6 10,963 residents	71.7	786
10	ME16 9 7,316 residents	67.7	495
11	ME7 1 12,905 residents	65.8	849
12	ME7 5 9,885 residents	64.4	637
13	CT12 6 11,791 residents	62.1	732
14	ME7 4 9,286 residents	61.4	570
15	TN24 8 7,169 residents	59.8	429
16	CT6 5 8,243 residents	57.1	471
17	ME4 5 14,323 residents	55.4	793
18	ME15 6 12,882 residents	54.9	707
19	ME10 3 9,750 residents	54.9	535
20	CT16 2 10,597 residents	52.9	561

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 167	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
167	TN3 0 5,875 residents	7.7	45
166	DA3 8 8,692 residents	9.8	85
165	TN13 2 9,336 residents	11.2	105
164	ME19 5 8,197 residents	11.5	94
163	TN11 9 6,125 residents	11.6	71
162	DA13 9 5,393 residents	12.1	65
161	ME14 4 5,994 residents	12.8	77
160	TN10 4 8,435 residents	12.9	109
159	TN13 3 10,101 residents	13.7	138
158	TN15 6 9,804 residents	14.3	140
157	TN25 6 5,084 residents	14.4	73
156	DA13 0 8,960 residents	14.5	130
155	ME2 1 6,605 residents	14.7	97
154	CT4 6 5,015 residents	15.2	76
153	TN15 8 6,002 residents	15.2	91
152	TN25 4 5,513 residents	15.8	87
151	ME8 9 11,972 residents	16.0	192
150	CT18 7 11,449 residents	16.4	188
149	DA5 2 5,387 residents	16.5	89
148	CT3 1 6,387 residents	16.6	106

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