Total Crime Rate

88.5 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.5 7/10
  • Drugs 36.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kitchener Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Riverview Park , and the 124th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Gravesham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kitchener Avenue (DA12 5HZ) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% higher than the Riverview Park average (53.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (β‰ˆ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kitchener Avenue (DA12 5HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Princes Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kitchener Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitehill Parade β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Road β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Porchfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Porchfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Porchfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Ash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princes Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitehill Parade Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princes Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gloucester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mcmillan Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princes Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princes Road β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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