Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Marlpit Hill stands out for other theft: 3.8 times the rate of a typical town its size
Recorded violence held steady in a year. Violent crime here is higher than in 84% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 79%. Behind the grade sit 40.0 violent and sexual offences and 14.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
Marlpit Hill grades C− for safety
A fairly firm grade. Built on 206 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Marlpit Hill against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Marlpit Hill runs highest on other theft (9.4 per 1,000 against 2.5), criminal damage & arson (9.4 per 1,000 against 3.2) and violence & sexual offences (44.8 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 44.8 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 18 | 14.2 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 12 | 9.4 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 12 | 9.4 | 2.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 3.9 | 1.1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How Marlpit Hill compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 12 | Plaxtol Kent | 1,137 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 24 | Challock Kent | 1,089 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 77 | Lympne Kent | 1,074 | 9.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | A+ |
| 78 | Guston Kent | 1,684 | 7.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1132 | Goosnargh Lancashire | 1,892 | 47.2 | 7.1 | 3 | C− |
| 1133 | Three Legged Cross Dorset | 1,129 | 33.4 | 21 | 12.1 | C− |
| 1134 | Colsterworth Lincolnshire | 1,296 | 28.6 | 26 | 14.1 | C− |
| 1135 | Marlpit Hill Kent | 1,271 | 40 | 14.7 | 11.3 | C− |
| 1136 | Collingtree and Milton Malsor Northamptonshire | 1,514 | 39.9 | 15 | 50.9 | C− |
| 1137 | Jump South Yorkshire | 1,424 | 37.5 | 17.6 | 4 | C− |
| 1138 | Ticehurst East Sussex | 1,464 | 43.3 | 12.5 | 5.2 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Marlpit Hill, and others in Kent.
Crime in Marlpit Hill per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 16 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Marlpit Hill has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -5% (towns its size +3%).
No one died in a collision on Marlpit Hill’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Marlpit Hill in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Marlpit Hill is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Marlpit Hill’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Marlpit Hill had 0.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Marlpit Hill’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Marlpit Hill
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 40 | 14.7 | C− |
| Edenbridge | 7,903 | 37 | 16.4 | C− |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 21.1 | 12.6 | B− |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 14.1 | 13.1 | B |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 28.9 | 20.1 | C− |
| Dormansland | 2,300 | 8.7 | 8 | A |
| Lingfield | 3,622 | 25 | 19.1 | C |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 17.1 | 9.5 | B+ |
Marlpit Hill records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Edenbridge, 0.7 miles away, records 37 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Marlpit Hill’s 40.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Marlpit Hill sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Marlpit Hill
Is Marlpit Hill safe?
Police recorded 40 violent and sexual offences and 14.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Marlpit Hill’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 16% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Marlpit Hill has less crime per resident than 7%.
Is crime going up in Marlpit Hill?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 6%, shoplifting and theft rose 150% and anti-social behaviour rose 6%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Marlpit Hill?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (12) and other theft (12), with 18 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Marlpit Hill compare with Sevenoaks?
Sevenoaks records 19.1 violent and sexual offences and 14.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Marlpit Hill’s 40 and 14.7, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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