Crime Rates at Oak Road, Gravesend, DA12 5LG

Oak Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Coldharbour & Perry Street , and the 41st 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 Oak Road (DA12 5LG) in the last 12 months was 206.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% higher than the Coldharbour & Perry Street average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 97.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oak Road (DA12 5LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gloucester Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.