Total Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Knights Manor Way area has the lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Newtown , and the 10th lowest crime rate of 349 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 Knights Manor Way (DA1 5SL) in the last 12 months was 9.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% lower than the Newtown average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Knights Manor Way (DA1 5SL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newtown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waid Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Queen Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Foster Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Foster Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burroughs Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merryweather Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knights Manor Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knights Manor Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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