Total Crime Rate

4950.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

494.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 4950.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 3671.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 494.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 349.0 10/10
  • Other theft 174.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 151.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 127.6 10/10
  • Public order 106.8 10/10
  • Other crime 85.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 78.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 78.1 10/10
  • Drugs 54.7 10/10
  • Burglary 28.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 20.8 10/10
  • Robbery 18.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
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

Hedge Place Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Stone Castle , and the highest crime rate of 345 local areas in Dartford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hedge Place Road (DA9 9JY) in the last 12 months was 4950.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1320.6% higher 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 1,410 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 22.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 190 (≈ 494.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hedge Place Road (DA9 9JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodward Terrace, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plantation Close (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hedge Place Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodward Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodward Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodward Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Plantation Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Plantation Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plantation Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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