Total Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pepys Close area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Coldharbour & Perry Street , and the 87th 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 Pepys Close (DA11 8ER) in the last 12 months was 39.9 per 1,000 residents and was 66.7% lower than the Coldharbour & Perry Street average (119.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 140.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pepys Close (DA11 8ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Painters Ash| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspdin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aspdin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmore Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmore Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashmore Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pickwick Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Painters Ash Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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