Hayes Town vs Cowden and Hever

Hayes Town has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 6,803 crimes in the last 12 months. Cowden and Hever has a safety score of 90/100 (Very Safe) with 56 crimes. Cowden and Hever scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Hayes Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +1.5% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Cowden and Hever shows -38.5% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Hayes Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,749 incidents). In Cowden and Hever, it is Violent Crime (18 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Hayes Town recorded 1,522 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Cowden and Hever recorded 15. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Hayes Town totalled 1,749 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 18 in Cowden and Hever. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Hayes Town recorded 6,701 crimes (now 6,803, a change of +1.5%). Cowden and Hever recorded 91 crimes previously (now 56, -38.5%).

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. Hayes Town has a resolution rate of 29.8% and Cowden and Hever has 50%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Hayes Town falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Cowden and Hever 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 Hayes Town and Cowden and Hever. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.