Total Crime Rate

80.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shakespeare Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 130th 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 Shakespeare Road (DA1 5NN) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Road (DA1 5NN), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cavell Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnol Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farnol Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Shaftesbury Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wordsworth Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Coleridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavell Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Perry Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Dickens Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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