Total Crime Rate
120.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Henderson Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 79th highest crime rate of 349 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 Henderson Drive (DA1 5LB) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 77.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Henderson Drive (DA1 5LB), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | A206 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bob Dunn Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bob Dunn Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bridges Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridges Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Masefield Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Attlee Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlebrook Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A206 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A206 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A206 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A206 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Perry Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaftesbury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Perry Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Perry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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