Total Crime Rate
103.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bean 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.
View Crime In Greenhithe & Knockhall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Havelock Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bean Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bean Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stigand Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stigand Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashmead Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Havelock Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Starboard Avenue | Under investigation |
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