Total Crime Rate
205.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colney Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Newtown , and the 38th highest crime rate of 345 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 Colney Road (DA1 1TQ) in the last 12 months was 205.9 per 1,000 residents and was 239.0% higher than the Newtown average (60.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colney Road (DA1 1TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Knights Manor Way, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Vincents Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knights Manor Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Alban'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Alban'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulwich Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincents Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waid Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waid Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waid Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochester Road | — |
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