Total Crime Rate

100.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 5/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Princes Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Heath , and the 103rd 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 Princes Road (DA1 3HL) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 105.9% higher than the Heath average (48.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 290.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princes Road (DA1 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Broomhill Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Princes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Wentworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wentworth Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wentworth Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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