Total Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Range Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Chalk , and the 99th lowest crime rate of 316 local areas in Gravesham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Range Road (DA12 2QL) in the last 12 months was 43.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% lower than the Chalk average (67.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Range Road (DA12 2QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickens Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chalk| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A226 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roehampton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Roehampton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunfleet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Waterton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Poplars | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Artemis Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Empress Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Denton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Range Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Raphael Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raphael Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
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