Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.6 10/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Bean Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Greenhithe & Knockhall , and the 101st highest crime rate of 349 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 Bean Road (DA9 9JH) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% higher than the Greenhithe & Knockhall average (93.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bean Road (DA9 9JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Valley Gardens, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cobham Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bean Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Havelock Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bean Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bean Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cobham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stigand Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stigand Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashmead Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Havelock Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Starboard Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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