Total Crime Rate

295.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 295.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 127.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.5 10/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Princes Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Princes , and the 25th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Dartford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Princes Road (DA1 1JT) in the last 12 months was 295.0 per 1,000 residents and was 191.6% higher than the Princes average (101.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 150.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princes Road (DA1 1JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vauxhall Place (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Princes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walnut Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walnut Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooklands Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Brooklands Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingram Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingram Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingram Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingram Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingram Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Vauxhall Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vauxhall Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Meadowside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowfield Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lowfield Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lowfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lowfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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