Total Crime Rate
72.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gravesend area has the 11th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Rame Peninsula & St Germans , and the 576th highest crime rate of 1,819 local areas in Cornwall .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gravesend (PL11 2LX) in the last 12 months was 72.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% higher than the Rame Peninsula & St Germans average (49.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gravesend (PL11 2LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowe Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rame Peninsula & St Germans| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliot Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elliot Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Antony Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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