Crime Rates at Buttermere Close, Dartford, DA1 5SY

Buttermere Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 105th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Dartford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buttermere Close (DA1 5SY) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttermere Close (DA1 5SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wordsworth Way, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wodehouse Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.