Total Crime Rate

395.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 395.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 95.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.7 10/10
  • Drugs 24.5 10/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.3 10/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Bronte Grove 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 Bronte Grove (DA1 5EU) 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 Bronte Grove (DA1 5EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bronte Grove, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keyes Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bronte Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Keyes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Groveherst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bronte Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bronte Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bronte Grove Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bronte Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hilltop Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilltop Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bronte Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cornwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bronte Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilltop Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bronte Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bronte Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Keyes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keyes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keyes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thames Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Trevelyan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Trevithick Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sheridan Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Sheridan Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sheridan Court Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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