Total Crime Rate
111.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mead Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Princes , and the 90th highest crime rate of 349 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 Mead Road (DA1 2RH) in the last 12 months was 111.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% higher than the Princes average (101.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 180.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mead Road (DA1 2RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lowfield Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Princes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingram Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingram Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingram Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingram Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brooklands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingram Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heath Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
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