Total Crime Rate

137.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 137.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Drugs 24.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Other crime 13.7 10/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Coulton 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.

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Crime Over Time in Coulton Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gouge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiveash Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fiveash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B261 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B261 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dover Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B261 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coulton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coulton Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brook Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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