Crime Rates at Echo Square, Gravesend, DA12 1NP

Echo Square area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Denton , and the 110th highest crime rate of 313 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 Echo Square (DA12 1NP) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% higher than the Denton average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Echo Square (DA12 1NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cross Lane East, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portland Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.