Total Crime Rate
189.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Range Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chalk , and the 40th 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 Range Road (DA12 2JR) in the last 12 months was 189.3 per 1,000 residents and was 221.3% higher than the Chalk average (58.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Range Road (DA12 2JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Havengore Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Denton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Havengore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lower Range Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Poplars | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Poplars | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gerald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denton Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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