Total Crime Rate
122.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ariel Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chalk , and the 76th 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 Ariel Close (DA12 4ND) in the last 12 months was 122.7 per 1,000 residents and was 108.3% higher than the Chalk average (58.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -29.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ariel Close (DA12 4ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caliph Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Riverview Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whinfell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cervia Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hibernia Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caliph Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipper Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipper Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipper Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thong Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ionia Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonaventure Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bonaventure Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipper Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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