Eynsford is less safe than its surroundings, though it is still far from dangerous. Recorded crime runs at about 80 per 1,000 people a year. That is about a quarter higher than the rest of its district. Most of the recorded trouble is nuisance and damage, with violence lower than the national mix. That is unwelcome in a village that looks this calm on the walk down to the ford.
Kent Police recorded 149 crimes in Eynsford in the year from June 2025 to May 2026, a published rate of about 80 per 1,000 residents. That is about 24% above the average for the Sevenoaks district. The rate is published on a population base for the local statistical area, so it describes this patch of the valley and should be read as a rate for a small area.
To put the two numbers side by side, the Sevenoaks district rate over the same twelve months was about 64 crimes per 1,000 people, against Eynsford's 80. The gap is real. Both numbers are low by the standards of a busy town, and the comparison here is with a district made up mostly of other villages and commuter towns.
Eynsford is not the kind of place where crime figures usually climb. The area holds about 1,300 people per square kilometre, unemployment is about 2% and about 1% of households are overcrowded. Low unemployment, roomy houses and fields at the end of the road, and still the higher figure, so whatever drives it is unlikely to be the residents' circumstances.
The mix behind the number leans away from violence. Anti-social behaviour made up about 34% of recorded crime here, against about 16% across England and Wales, and vehicle crime about 12% against 5%. Criminal damage and arson came to about 12% against 7%, and other theft about 10% against 7%. Violence and sexual offences, a broad legal category that includes common assault with no injury, were about 23% here against about 35% nationally, and public order offences about 4% against 7%. With only 149 crimes in the year, a handful of incidents can shift any of these shares by several points, so this is one year's pattern and could look different next year. Ask the parish council or the neighbours where the anti-social behaviour actually happens, because in a village this size it is usually one spot and one season.
As for what happens after you report a crime, Kent Police charges a suspect in about 16% of cases across the whole force, against about 12% nationally. That puts it sixth of 42 forces in England and Wales. About 36% of the force's cases close with no suspect identified. These are county-wide figures for how the force handles reports, and they say nothing about how often crime happens in Eynsford. They do mean that if it does happen to you, the force is better than most at following up.
For a quiet commuter village, Eynsford is below average on safety. The crime that does happen is mostly the irritating kind, though it happens more often than the scenery suggests.