Total Crime Rate

16.2 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 16.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vernon Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Greenhithe & Knockhall , and the 28th 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 Vernon Road (DA10 0BL) in the last 12 months was 16.2 per 1,000 residents and was 82.6% lower than the Greenhithe & Knockhall average (93.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vernon Road (DA10 0BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keary Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southfleet Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vernon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfleet Road Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southfleet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Southfleet Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hope Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southfleet Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Swanscombe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Keary Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Keary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Keary Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Keary Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Road —
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Data Sources

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