Crime Rate in Bean & Village Park, ward

Bean & Village Park has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 wards in Dartford district and the 556th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 66th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bean & Village Park in the last 12 months was 158.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.2% higher than the Dartford district average (115.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bean & Village Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 165 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -89.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 185 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bean & Village Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Moore Close. Police recorded 146 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.