Total Crime Rate
222.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mallard Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Newtown , and the 36th 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 Mallard Close (DA1 5SU) in the last 12 months was 222.2 per 1,000 residents and was 265.9% higher than the Newtown average (60.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 86.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mallard Close (DA1 5SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hilltop Gardens (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hill View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulwich Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knights Manor Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilltop Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilltop Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Manor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Temple Hill Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Temple Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Vincents Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burroughs Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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