Total Crime Rate

108.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tennyson Road 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 Tennyson Road (DA1 5DJ) 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 Tennyson Road (DA1 5DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shaftesbury Lane, where police recorded 31 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 Tennyson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morris Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pilgrims Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cavell Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavell Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Drugs Dickens Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Coleridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnol Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnol Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Perry Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Shaftesbury Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pilgrims Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lansbury Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Kingsley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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