Total Crime Rate
1944.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Road area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Pelham , and the highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Gravesham .
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 New Road (DA11 0AB) in the last 12 months was 1944.4 per 1,000 residents and was 822.7% higher than the Pelham average (210.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -73.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 110 (β 679.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 441.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Road (DA11 0AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chase Square, where police recorded 205 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Street (77 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pelham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Zion Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Zion Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clive Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clive Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chase Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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