Total Crime Rate
114.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rose Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chalk , and the 84th 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 Rose Avenue (DA12 2LN) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 94.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rose Avenue (DA12 2LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brown Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rose Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Denton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maypole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dering Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thistle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thistle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denton Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roehampton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Damigos Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gerald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Havengore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shamrock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havengore Avenue | Under investigation |
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