Crime Rate in Darenth, ward

Darenth has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Dartford district and the 1137th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 127th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Darenth in the last 12 months was 120.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the Dartford district average (115.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Darenth’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 44.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 130 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Darenth ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 80 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.