Crime Rate in Stone Castle, ward

Stone Castle has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Dartford district and the 79th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 9th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stone Castle in the last 12 months was 344.5 per 1,000 residents and was 198.0% higher than the Dartford district average (115.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stone Castle’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 1,428 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , down -11.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -26.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 583 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stone Castle ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 1804 crimes here, including 223 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.