Total Crime Rate

169.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 169.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 136.8 10/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nelson Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Coldharbour & Perry Street , and the 57th 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 Nelson Road (DA11 7EE) in the last 12 months was 169.4 per 1,000 residents and was 38.1% higher than the Coldharbour & Perry Street average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 45 (β‰ˆ 146.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nelson Road (DA11 7EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartshill Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nelson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pelham Road South β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napier Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New House Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime New House Lane Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Struttons Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartshill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Burglary The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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