Total Crime Rate
113.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St James'S Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Pelham , and the 95th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Gravesham .
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 St James'S Avenue (DA11 0EZ) in the last 12 months was 113.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower than the Pelham average (210.7 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 58.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St James'S Avenue (DA11 0EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 166 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Overcliffe (48 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 | Covesfield | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St James'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St James'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St James'S Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pelham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Overcliffe | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Overcliffe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overcliffe | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overcliffe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Overcliffe | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | East Mill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lennox Road East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lennox Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Avenue | Under investigation |
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