Total Crime Rate
395.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Browning Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 11th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Dartford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Browning Road (DA1 5ET) in the last 12 months was 395.7 per 1,000 residents and was 379.4% higher than the Bridge average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 113.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Browning Road (DA1 5ET), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Keyes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Atlas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornwall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cornwall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilltop Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Perry Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bronte Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Keyes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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