Total Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Osterberg Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 122nd 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 Osterberg Road (DA1 5HE) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osterberg Road (DA1 5HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bronte Grove (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bronte Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilltop Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bronte Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barnwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellcome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Osterberg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevithick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spielman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hill View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keyes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keyes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
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