Total Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Hill area has the 14th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Burnham , and the 127th 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 Priory Hill (DA1 2BD) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% higher than the Burnham average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Hill (DA1 2BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gibbons Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A2026 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Critchley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highfield Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
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