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April 2026 Source: Police.uk

Crime in ME1: Crime Rate & Statistics 2026

ME1 recorded 296 crimes in April 2026 — a crime rate of 6.32 per 1,000 residents. Violence & Sexual Offences accounts for the largest share of crime at 36.1% of all offences recorded. Crime is down 7.8% compared to the same period last year.

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Key Statistics

  • monitoring75.79 crimes per 1,000 residents annually
  • assignment296 crimes recorded in April 2026
  • trending_downCrime down 7.8% year-on-year
Data Sources:Police.ukONS Census 2021HM Land Registry Period: April 2026 • Updated monthly

Total Crimes

296
trending_up +3.1% vs last month

Annual Crime Rate

75.79per 1k
Moderate

Active Postcodes

1,298

Within ME1 district

Tonbridge and Malling

46,838

Estimated population

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Incident Distribution

Top Locations
Location ReferenceCrime BreakdownPrimary Count
Supermarket Map
total: 12 Shoplifting: 10 Drugs: 1
12
Sylewood Close Map
total: 11 Violence and sexual offences: 7 Other crime: 3
11
Supermarket Map
total: 10 Shoplifting: 7 Public order: 1
10
Waterman Way Map
total: 8 Violence and sexual offences: 4 Anti-social behaviour: 2
8
Princes Street Map
total: 8 Violence and sexual offences: 7 Public order: 1
8
Corys Road Map
total: 7 Shoplifting: 4 Anti-social behaviour: 1
7
Hawser Road Map
total: 7 Criminal damage and arson: 2 Public order: 2
7
Crest Road Map
total: 6 Anti-social behaviour: 2 Criminal damage and arson: 2
6
Portland Road Map
total: 5 Anti-social behaviour: 5
5
Weatherly Close Map
total: 5 Anti-social behaviour: 3 Other theft: 1
5

Crime Breakdown

April 2026
296 Total
Violence & Sexual Offences
107
36.1%
Anti-social Behaviour
52
17.6%
Shoplifting
30
10.1%
Criminal Damage & Arson
29
9.8%
Other Theft
16
5.4%
Public Order
15
5.1%
Drug Offences
11
3.7%
Vehicle Crime
11
3.7%
Other Crime
10
3.4%
Burglary
9
3.0%
Robbery
3
1.0%
Bicycle Theft
2
0.7%
Theft from Person
1
0.3%

Crime Analysis: ME1

Violence & Sexual Offences accounts for more than a third of all recorded crime in ME1 (36.1%). Anti-social Behaviour (17.6%) and Shoplifting (10.1%) are the next most common categories.

Compared to the same period last year, crime in ME1 has fallen noticeably — by 7.8%. The 12-month trend chart above shows where this change is concentrated across individual offence categories.

Crime figures for ME1 are sourced from the Police.uk open data platform and weighted against ONS 2021 Census population estimates to produce comparable per-resident rates. Data is updated monthly, typically 1–2 months after the end of each reporting period.

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Growth Analysis

Month-on-Monthtrending_up +3.1%
Year-on-Yeartrending_down -7.8%
12m Rolling Trendtrending_down -0.7%

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