Total Crime Rate
137.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coulton 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 Coulton Avenue (DA11 8DY) 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 Coulton Avenue (DA11 8DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coulton Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coldharbour & Perry Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gouge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fiveash Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Fiveash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B261 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B261 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B261 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Third Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coulton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coulton Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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