Total Crime Rate
108.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsley Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 345 local areas in Dartford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsley Avenue (DA1 5DH) in the last 12 months was 108.7 per 1,000 residents and was 55.6% higher than the Bridge average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsley Avenue (DA1 5DH), the main crime hotspot is near Norfolk Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrims Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrims Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmunds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmunds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardwick Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardwick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kingsley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bayly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lansbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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