Total Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hampton Crescent area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chalk , and the 106th lowest crime rate of 313 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 Hampton Crescent (DA12 4JA) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hampton Crescent (DA12 4JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brown Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Drive (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westcourt| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brown Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Jubilee Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hampton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Aidan'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Aidan'S Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Benedict'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Benedict'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
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