Total Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Horsfield Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Stone Castle , and the 56th lowest crime rate of 345 local areas in Dartford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Horsfield Close (DA2 6HP) in the last 12 months was 23.6 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% lower than the Stone Castle average (348.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Horsfield Close (DA2 6HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bevis Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Watling Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dartford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill House Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A296 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Murray Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Meadow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Terraces | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Terraces | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ribblesdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edwin Petty Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bevis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bevis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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