Total Crime Rate

425.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 425.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 272.3 10/10
  • Drugs 46.8 10/10
  • Other crime 29.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Albans Close area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Chalk , and the 11th 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 St Albans Close (DA12 5SE) in the last 12 months was 425.5 per 1,000 residents and was 532.6% higher than the Chalk average (67.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 293.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 137.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Albans Close (DA12 5SE), the main crime hotspot is near St Alban'S Gardens. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Albans Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Truro Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Alban'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Alban'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Valley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime St Aidan'S Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft St Aidan'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Taunton Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Aidan'S Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wye Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Alban'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Benedict'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery St Benedict'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Benedict'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Whitehill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Benedict'S Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Thomas Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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