Total Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Temple Hill Square area has the 9th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 80th 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 Temple Hill Square (DA1 5HY) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% higher than the Bridge average (69.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Temple Hill Square (DA1 5HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 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.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulwich Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knights Manor Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Lane | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilltop Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | St Vincents Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Osterberg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hill View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Temple Hill Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keyes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmunds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmunds Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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