Total Crime Rate

45.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 22.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Great Queen Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Newtown , and the 129th lowest crime rate of 345 local areas in Dartford .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Queen Street (DA1 1TW) in the last 12 months was 45.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Queen Street (DA1 1TW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Queen Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knights Manor Way —
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merryweather Close —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Merryweather Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waid Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waid Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Waid Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carrington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Alban'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Manor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Knights Manor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Alban'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Overy Liberty Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Manor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Manor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knights Manor Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fulwich Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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