Total Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Irving Walk area has the 28th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Greenhithe & Knockhall , and the 120th 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 Irving Walk (DA10 0ER) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Irving Walk (DA10 0ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cherry Orchard, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Freeman Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swanscombe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swann Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Freeman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boleyn Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boleyn Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durrant Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alamein Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoadley End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bodle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alamein Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gunn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bodle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bodle Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Paul'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rectory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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