Total Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dartford Road area has the lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Heath , and the 7th 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 Dartford Road (DA1 3EW) in the last 12 months was 6.1 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% lower than the Heath average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dartford Road (DA1 3EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windsor Drive, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dartford Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterfield Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phillips Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dartford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dartford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudsbury Road | — |
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