Total Crime Rate
221.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitehill Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Chalk , and the 28th 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 Whitehill Lane (DA12 5LY) in the last 12 months was 221.3 per 1,000 residents and was 275.7% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 80.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitehill Lane (DA12 5LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mallory Close, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Alban'S Gardens (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitehill & Windmill Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nansen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montgomery Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Alban'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Alban'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Alban'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Alban'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Alban'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Alban'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mallory Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mallory Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrior Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Alban'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Alban'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Truro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Truro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Alban'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehill Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehill Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whitehill Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehill Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mallory Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mallory Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ferguson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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