Total Crime Rate
169.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Betsham Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Greenhithe & Knockhall , and the 51st highest crime rate of 345 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 Betsham Road (DA10 0EU) in the last 12 months was 169.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Betsham Road (DA10 0EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keary Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Munford Drive (21 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 | Munford Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Keary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalk Dene | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mercer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Paul'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Peter'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Paul'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rectory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keary Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boleyn Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Munford Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanscombe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eglinton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swann Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boleyn Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gunn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansion Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansion Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mansion Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
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