Total Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wrotham Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Denton , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 313 local areas in Gravesham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wrotham Road (DA11 7LB) in the last 12 months was 15.2 per 1,000 residents and was 81.7% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wrotham Road (DA11 7LB), the main crime hotspot is near Meadow Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Woodlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynton Road South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dashwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B261 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodfield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New House Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Lane West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Lane West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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