Total Crime Rate
62.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Henderson Drive area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 169th highest crime rate of 345 local areas in Dartford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Henderson Drive (DA1 5LE) in the last 12 months was 62.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Henderson Drive (DA1 5LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A206, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Way (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrims Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavell Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cavell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kingsley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrims Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lansbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shaftesbury Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wordsworth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dickens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Way | Under investigation |
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