Total Crime Rate
382.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Halcrow Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 14th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Dartford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Halcrow Avenue (DA1 5FX) in the last 12 months was 382.3 per 1,000 residents and was 363.1% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 113.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Halcrow Avenue (DA1 5FX), the main crime hotspot is near A206. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 20 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaftesbury Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A206 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonthill Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Meldon View | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bob Dunn Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bob Dunn Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Mead Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Abbey Mead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A206 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A206 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A206 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A206 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wordsworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaftesbury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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