Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone · Sevenoaks
Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone: your neighbourhood
Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 46% here, compared with 37.3% across Sevenoaks (8.6 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 11.5% here, compared with 15.6% across Sevenoaks (4.1 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 10% here, compared with 13% across Sevenoaks (3.1 percentage points lower).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
21 March 2021 · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021 · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
1.9%
21 March 2021 · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021 · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021 · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Police-recorded locations for Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
73 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 65 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 3 mapped crimes in September 2024; 8 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
0.48.216
September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
3
0
October 2024
7
0
November 2024
8
0
December 2024
6
0
January 2025
5
2
February 2025
7
0
March 2025
5
1
April 2025
4
0
May 2025
8
0
June 2025
6
0
July 2025
2
1
August 2025
4
0
September 2025
2
0
October 2025
7
1
November 2025
4
1
December 2025
5
1
January 2026
15
0
February 2026
10
0
March 2026
3
0
April 2026
7
2
May 2026
4
1
June 2026
4
1
July 2026
4
6
August 2026
8
2
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
30
criminal damage arson
14
burglary
9
other theft
9
vehicle crime
6
other crime
1
drugs
1
theft from the person
1
public order
1
bicycle theft
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.
An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
