Total Crime Rate

57.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.0 9/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Ruskin Grove area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 349 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 Ruskin Grove (DA1 5DD) in the last 12 months was 57.1 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% lower than the Bridge average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruskin Grove (DA1 5DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norfolk Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennyson Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ruskin Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Finchley Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sundridge Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Masefield Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Osbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardwick Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardwick Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attlee Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sundridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Osbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elham Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littlebrook Manor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansbury Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Norfolk Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bayly Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansbury Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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