Total Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Road West area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Denton , and the 101st highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Gravesham .
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 Old Road West (DA11 0LN) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% higher than the Denton average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Road West (DA11 0LN), the main crime hotspot is near Portland Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Pelham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dashwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dashwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New House Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynton Road South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lennox Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Road South | Under investigation |
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