Total Crime Rate

98.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Marsh Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 105th 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 Marsh Street (DA1 5JX) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marsh Street (DA1 5JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wordsworth Way, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Perry Grove (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Marsh Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cornwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bob Dunn Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bob Dunn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardy Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meldon View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fonthill Gardens
Sep 2025Public order Lockwood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lockwood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lockwood Place 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 2025Other theft Cornwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Road
Sep 2025Public order Perry Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sheridan Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Sheridan Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Perry Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Perry Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Sheridan Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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