Total Crime Rate

4849.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 4849.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 3458.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 476.6 10/10
  • Other theft 161.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 156.3 10/10
  • Public order 119.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 96.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 91.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 88.5 10/10
  • Other crime 83.3 10/10
  • Drugs 52.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 28.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.8 10/10
  • Robbery 10.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
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

Hedge Place Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Stone Castle , and the highest crime rate of 349 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 4849.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1307.4% higher than the Stone Castle average (344.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 1,328 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 244 (≈ 635.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% 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 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (14 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 (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plantation Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Winston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winston Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plantation Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Woodward Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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