Total Crime Rate

478.9 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 478.9 10/10
  • Other theft 131.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.3 10/10
  • Drugs 37.6 10/10
  • Other crime 23.5 10/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Church Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Higham & Shorne , and the 7th 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 Church Road (DA13 9AR) in the last 12 months was 478.9 per 1,000 residents and was 766.3% higher than the Higham & Shorne average (55.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 103.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

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Data Sources

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