Crime Rates at Waterton Avenue, Gravesend, DA12 2PZ

Waterton Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Chalk , and the 26th highest crime rate of 316 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 Waterton Avenue (DA12 2PZ) in the last 12 months was 268.5 per 1,000 residents and was 299.2% higher than the Chalk average (67.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 218.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterton Avenue (DA12 2PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Denton Court Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.