Total Crime Rate

82.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 82.0 7/10
  • Drugs 32.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.4 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle 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
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

Ames Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Greenhithe & Knockhall , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 349 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 Ames Road (DA10 0JF) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Greenhithe & Knockhall average (93.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ames Road (DA10 0JF), the main crime hotspot is near Gunn Road. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ames Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broomfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broomfield Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broomfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gunn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pacific Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alamein Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Alamein Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wright Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wright Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wright Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Atlantic Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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