Total Crime Rate

300.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 300.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 98.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.7 10/10
  • Other theft 32.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.7 10/10
  • Drugs 20.4 10/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 14.3 9/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cotton Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Stone Castle , and the 25th highest crime rate of 345 local areas in Dartford .

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 Cotton Lane (DA9 9BF) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.9% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotton Lane (DA9 9BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Mary'S Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elizabeth Street (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cotton Lane area

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Data Sources

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