Crime Rates at Gouge Avenue, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 8DP

Gouge Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Coldharbour & Perry Street , and the 78th 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 Gouge Avenue (DA11 8DP) in the last 12 months was 137.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gouge Avenue (DA11 8DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coulton Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Watercress Way (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.