Total Crime Rate
256.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oldfield Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bridge , and the 28th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Dartford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oldfield Place (DA1 5WJ) in the last 12 months was 256.1 per 1,000 residents and was 210.3% higher than the Bridge average (82.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oldfield Place (DA1 5WJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near William Mundy Way, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bullace Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | William Mundy Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | William Mundy Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Mundy Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Mundy Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Mundy Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Mundy Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Mundy Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Mundy Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Mundy Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Pond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherbourne Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherbourne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merryweather Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burroughs Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Foster Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Foster Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Home Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gladstone Road | Under investigation |
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