Total Crime Rate
63.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Hill area has the 18th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Burnham , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 345 local areas in Dartford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Hill (DA1 2EN) in the last 12 months was 63.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Hill (DA1 2EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James Place, where police recorded 51 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 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | 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 | Bicycle theft | Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Critchley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Twisleton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Hill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penney Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highfield Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gibbons Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penney Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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