Total Crime Rate
297.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Colney Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Newtown , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Dartford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colney Road (DA1 1UH) in the last 12 months was 297.4 per 1,000 residents and was 310.2% higher than the Newtown average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 120.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 428.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colney Road (DA1 1UH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Vincents Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Colney Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newtown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waid Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sundridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sundridge Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bayly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincents Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincents Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Vincents Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carrington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shenley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | East Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Hill | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brandon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochester Road | — |
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