Total Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 6/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Beacon Drive area has the 17th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Bean & Village Park , and the 126th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Dartford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beacon Drive (DA2 8BE) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% lower than the Bean & Village Park average (158.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beacon Drive (DA2 8BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bean Lane, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beacon Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallowfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Drudgeon Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bean Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bean Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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