Beacon Road vs Fant & Oakwood

Beacon Road has a safety score of 28/100 (Below Average) and recorded 539 crimes in the last 12 months. Fant & Oakwood has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 3,975 crimes. Beacon Road scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Beacon Road shows a year-on-year crime trend of +65.3% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Fant & Oakwood shows +0.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Beacon Road, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (238 incidents). In Fant & Oakwood, it is Violent Crime (1,701 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Beacon Road recorded 100 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Fant & Oakwood recorded 720. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Beacon Road totalled 238 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,701 in Fant & Oakwood. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Beacon Road recorded 326 crimes (now 539, a change of +65.3%). Fant & Oakwood recorded 3,947 crimes previously (now 3,975, +0.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Beacon Road has a resolution rate of 25% and Fant & Oakwood has 29.4%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Beacon Road falls within the Kent Police boundary. Fant & Oakwood is covered by Kent Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Beacon Road and Fant & Oakwood. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.