Total Crime Rate
314.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hayes Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Stone Castle , and the 21st highest crime rate of 345 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 Hayes Road (DA9 9DN) in the last 12 months was 314.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Stone Castle average (348.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hayes Road (DA9 9DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodward Terrace, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birch Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stone Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodward Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodward Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hayes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hayes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hayes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodward Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodward Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acacia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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