Total Crime Rate
328.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
138.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stanhope Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Greenhithe & Knockhall , and the 18th highest crime rate of 345 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 Stanhope Road (DA10 0AN) in the last 12 months was 328.6 per 1,000 residents and was 266.3% higher than the Greenhithe & Knockhall average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 138.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanhope Road (DA10 0AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near All Saints Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swanscombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orchard Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanscombe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
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