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Recorded crime: Kent Police 12 months to June 2026
91.2recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 177,430 offences in the Kent Police area in the 12 months to June 2026, down 1.6% (2,933) on the previous 12 months. That is 91.2 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk street-level crime archive force population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 1,945,466 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50 100 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 92.6 per 1,000 residents · 161,761 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 86.2 per 1,000 residents · 151,754 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 90.4 per 1,000 residents · 160,954 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 88.1 per 1,000 residents · 157,924 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 90 per 1,000 residents · 162,755 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 103 per 1,000 residents · 187,600 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 122.6 per 1,000 residents · 224,633 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 117.3 per 1,000 residents · 216,181 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 118.4 per 1,000 residents · 218,868 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 115.8 per 1,000 residents · 215,271 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 110.9 per 1,000 residents · 208,436 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 102.4 per 1,000 residents · 195,322 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 98.9 per 1,000 residents · 190,937 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 92.7 per 1,000 residents · 180,363 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 91.2 per 1,000 residents · 177,430 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 10k 20k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 12,811 offences January 2011: 13,249 offences February 2011: 13,138 offences March 2011: 14,753 offences April 2011: 15,363 offences May 2011: 14,985 offences June 2011: 14,232 offences July 2011: 15,891 offences August 2011: 15,770 offences September 2011: 13,690 offences October 2011: 14,277 offences November 2011: 12,458 offences December 2011: 12,255 offences January 2012: 12,486 offences February 2012: 12,294 offences March 2012: 13,996 offences April 2012: 12,160 offences May 2012: 13,562 offences June 2012: 12,922 offences July 2012: 14,057 offences August 2012: 14,404 offences September 2012: 12,678 offences October 2012: 12,593 offences November 2012: 12,702 offences December 2012: 12,085 offences January 2013: 12,646 offences February 2013: 10,976 offences March 2013: 12,022 offences April 2013: 11,395 offences May 2013: 12,972 offences June 2013: 13,224 offences July 2013: 14,968 offences August 2013: 15,292 offences September 2013: 13,779 offences October 2013: 13,507 offences November 2013: 12,641 offences December 2013: 12,113 offences January 2014: 12,025 offences February 2014: 11,248 offences March 2014: 13,105 offences April 2014: 13,638 offences May 2014: 14,117 offences June 2014: 14,521 offences July 2014: 15,321 offences August 2014: 14,336 offences September 2014: 13,702 offences October 2014: 13,497 offences November 2014: 12,623 offences December 2014: 11,846 offences January 2015: 11,881 offences February 2015: 11,278 offences March 2015: 13,011 offences April 2015: 13,234 offences May 2015: 13,550 offences June 2015: 13,645 offences July 2015: 14,497 offences August 2015: 14,287 offences September 2015: 12,715 offences October 2015: 13,845 offences November 2015: 13,092 offences December 2015: 13,250 offences January 2016: 12,430 offences February 2016: 12,581 offences March 2016: 13,354 offences April 2016: 13,502 offences May 2016: 14,547 offences June 2016: 14,655 offences July 2016: 15,920 offences August 2016: 16,017 offences September 2016: 15,318 offences October 2016: 15,019 offences November 2016: 13,864 offences December 2016: 14,580 offences January 2017: 14,427 offences February 2017: 13,603 offences March 2017: 15,917 offences April 2017: 16,010 offences May 2017: 17,534 offences June 2017: 19,391 offences July 2017: 21,115 offences August 2017: 19,162 offences September 2017: 16,852 offences October 2017: 20,043 offences November 2017: 18,574 offences December 2017: 15,962 offences January 2018: 16,848 offences February 2018: 15,157 offences March 2018: 19,185 offences April 2018: 19,528 offences May 2018: 21,021 offences June 2018: 21,186 offences July 2018: 21,606 offences August 2018: 22,305 offences September 2018: 19,766 offences October 2018: 19,396 offences November 2018: 13,818 offences December 2018: 8,438 offences January 2019: 17,792 offences February 2019: 16,291 offences March 2019: 18,473 offences April 2019: 20,033 offences May 2019: 19,762 offences June 2019: 18,501 offences July 2019: 19,703 offences August 2019: 18,629 offences September 2019: 18,408 offences October 2019: 19,338 offences November 2019: 18,220 offences December 2019: 15,817 offences January 2020: 17,619 offences February 2020: 16,613 offences March 2020: 16,719 offences April 2020: 19,491 offences May 2020: 20,166 offences June 2020: 18,145 offences July 2020: 20,357 offences August 2020: 20,713 offences September 2020: 17,528 offences October 2020: 19,383 offences November 2020: 17,112 offences December 2020: 15,461 offences January 2021: 16,373 offences February 2021: 16,430 offences March 2021: 17,887 offences April 2021: 18,183 offences May 2021: 18,338 offences June 2021: 17,506 offences July 2021: 19,920 offences August 2021: 18,287 offences September 2021: 17,460 offences October 2021: 17,728 offences November 2021: 17,629 offences December 2021: 16,303 offences January 2022: 16,338 offences February 2022: 15,383 offences March 2022: 17,310 offences April 2022: 17,144 offences May 2022: 17,546 offences June 2022: 17,388 offences July 2022: 17,950 offences August 2022: 18,365 offences September 2022: 16,574 offences October 2022: 16,172 offences November 2022: 15,799 offences December 2022: 14,976 offences January 2023: 14,573 offences February 2023: 14,611 offences March 2023: 15,793 offences April 2023: 16,321 offences May 2023: 17,108 offences June 2023: 17,080 offences July 2023: 18,346 offences August 2023: 17,310 offences September 2023: 16,874 offences October 2023: 16,279 offences November 2023: 14,922 offences December 2023: 14,211 offences January 2024: 14,466 offences February 2024: 13,953 offences March 2024: 15,875 offences April 2024: 15,727 offences May 2024: 17,071 offences June 2024: 15,903 offences July 2024: 16,051 offences August 2024: 16,979 offences September 2024: 14,255 offences October 2024: 15,177 offences November 2024: 14,221 offences December 2024: 13,807 offences January 2025: 14,201 offences February 2025: 13,305 offences March 2025: 15,764 offences April 2025: 14,991 offences May 2025: 16,276 offences June 2025: 15,336 offences July 2025: 17,704 offences August 2025: 16,280 offences September 2025: 13,351 offences October 2025: 14,168 offences November 2025: 14,134 offences December 2025: 14,512 offences January 2026: 13,821 offences February 2026: 13,188 offences March 2026: 15,290 offences April 2026: 14,704 offences May 2026: 15,292 offences June 2026: 14,986 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Official figures for this area Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
Series Latest A year earlier Published Arrests for notifiable offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 1,367 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 14 12 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 871 872 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 4,163 4,168 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 215 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 17,292 17,664 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 7,141 6,350 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,919 1,764 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 7,899 8,878 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 79.8 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,491 952 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 6,669 6,728 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 42,702 46,369 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 154,163 162,051 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 63,459 67,674 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 5 10 15 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 16 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 12 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 18 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 10 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 11 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 16 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 12 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 1k 2k 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 760 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 800 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 948 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 1,106 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 1,138 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 1,235 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 1,490 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 1,741 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 2,096 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 1,617 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 1,388 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 1,252 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 1,264 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 1,011 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 872 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 871 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 2k 4k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 3,720 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 3,718 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 3,799 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 3,787 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 3,668 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 3,498 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 3,323 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 3,268 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 3,188 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 3,182 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 3,259 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 3,261 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 3,553 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 3,780 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 3,911 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 3,967 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 4,203 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 4,167 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 4,168 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 4,163 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value By category, 12 months to June 2026 Category Offences Previous 12 months Change Per 1,000 England & Wales per 1,000 Violence and sexual offences 62,978 69,018 ▼ 8.8% 32.4 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 34,413 27,088 ▲ 27.0% 17.7 15.3 Shoplifting 16,636 16,738 ▼ 0.6% 8.6 8.3 Criminal damage and arson 16,180 16,615 ▼ 2.6% 8.3 6.9 Other theft 11,974 12,117 ▼ 1.2% 6.2 6.5 Vehicle crime 7,297 8,319 ▼ 12.3% 3.8 5.0 Public order 7,148 8,284 ▼ 13.7% 3.7 6.8 Drugs 6,186 6,369 ▼ 2.9% 3.2 3.4 Other crime 5,208 5,807 ▼ 10.3% 2.7 2.2 Burglary 4,341 5,235 ▼ 17.1% 2.2 3.6 Possession of weapons 1,819 1,804 ▲ 0.8% 0.9 1.0 Robbery 1,481 1,061 ▲ 39.6% 0.8 1.4 Bicycle theft 1,030 986 ▲ 4.5% 0.5 0.8 Theft from the person 739 922 ▼ 19.8% 0.4 1.7 Public disorder and weapons 0 0 — 0.0 0.0 Violent crime 0 0 — 0.0 0.0
Local authorities in this force area Ashford 10,863 offences 76.2per 1,000 Canterbury 17,724 offences 109.0per 1,000 Dartford 13,691 offences 108.4per 1,000 Dover 10,408 offences 86.0per 1,000 Folkestone and Hythe 9,449 offences 84.2per 1,000 Gravesham 10,427 offences 93.8per 1,000 Maidstone 16,430 offences 85.8per 1,000 Medway 29,823 offences 101.9per 1,000 Sevenoaks 7,738 offences 62.8per 1,000 Swale 15,839 offences 98.6per 1,000 Thanet 16,573 offences 115.4per 1,000 Tonbridge and Malling 9,141 offences 66.3per 1,000 Tunbridge Wells 8,097 offences 67.4per 1,000 Important caveat Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source Data data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.Population ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities. Geography E23000032 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology