Skip to content
Kent Counts — Kent, in numbers.Local help →
Kent Counts / Council areas / Tonbridge and Malling / Borough Green & Platt

Borough Green & Platt · Tonbridge and Malling

Borough Green & Platt: your neighbourhood

Borough Green & Platt electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

Homes rented from a council or housing association: 10% here, compared with 15% across Tonbridge and Malling (5.5 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.

Source →
A proposed response →

Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 11% here, compared with 14.1% across Tonbridge and Malling (3.1 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

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.

Source →
A proposed response →

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 35.5% here, compared with 32.5% across Tonbridge and Malling (2.9 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.

Source →
A proposed response →

The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

21.1%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,294 out of 6,137.

Source and method →

People reporting bad or very bad health

3.5%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

216 out of 6,134.

Source and method →

People counted in the census

6,131

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

6,131 out of 6,131.

Source and method →

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

35.5%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,732 out of 4,884.

Source and method →

Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

43%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

1,046 out of 2,434.

Source and method →

Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

11%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

267 out of 2,434.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

37.7%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

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.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,846 out of 4,900.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ in work

59.8%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

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.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,929 out of 4,900.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

1.5%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

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.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

74 out of 4,900.

Source and method →

People aged 16+ with no qualifications

14%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

684 out of 4,884.

Source and method →

Homes rented privately

13%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

311 out of 2,432.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ retired

25.1%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

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.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,230 out of 4,900.

Source and method →

Homes rented from a council or housing association

10%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

242 out of 2,432.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.6%

21 March 2021 · Borough Green & Platt

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.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

125 out of 4,900.

Source and method →

Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Borough Green & Platt ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

236 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 299 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Borough Green & Platt 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: 32 mapped crimes in September 2024; 21 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Borough Green & Platt
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024323
October 2024282
November 2024322
December 2024224
January 2025282
February 2025222
March 2025286
April 2025282
May 2025192
June 2025237
July 2025154
August 2025222
September 2025191
October 2025190
November 2025183
December 2025144
January 2026151
February 2026140
March 2026345
April 2026213
May 2026175
June 2026277
July 2026172
August 2026213
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Borough Green & Platt
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime115
criminal damage arson31
shoplifting23
other theft22
vehicle crime20
drugs6
other crime6
burglary5
robbery3
public order3
theft from the person2
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.

Police data and method →

What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Tonbridge and Malling →