Total Crime Rate

113.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 14.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 7/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

St 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.

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Crime Over Time in St James'S Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Covesfield
Sep 2025Drugs Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St James'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St James'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St James'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St James'S Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pelham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Overcliffe
Sep 2025Theft from the person Overcliffe Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overcliffe Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overcliffe Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Overcliffe
Sep 2025Drugs East Mill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road East
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lennox Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lennox Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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