Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swallowfields area has the 25th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Coldharbour & Perry Street , and the 100th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Gravesham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Swallowfields (DA11 8PS) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swallowfields (DA11 8PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harris Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiffinch Gardens (6 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucks Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightingale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dogwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiffinch Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiffinch Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chiffinch Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nash Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bucks Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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