Overview of Dartford crime rate
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Dartford has a medium crime rating, placing it 12th out of 25 neighboring boroughs in terms of crime rates. The area reported 13,749 incidents in 2023, with a population of 116,753, leading to a crime rate of 117.76 incidents per 1,000 people. Notably, this rate reflects a 4.02% decrease from the previous year.
The most prevalent crimes in Dartford include Violence and sexual offences (34.8%), Shoplifting (12.1%), and Anti-social behaviour (11.8%), with the least common being Robbery (0.8%), Theft from the person (0.7%), and Bicycle theft (0.5%).
Dartford is divided into 20 wards, with Town (Dartford) (377.4), Stone Castle (290.9), and Stone House (151.9) experiencing the highest crime rates. Conversely, the safest wards are Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley (57.1), Joyden’s Wood (54.8), and Heath (Dartford) (48.9).
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In Dartford, there was an initial rise in Anti-social behaviour by 7.46% in 2020 and in Shoplifting by 3.14% in 2022 and 1.61% in 2023. Violence and sexual offences increased by 2.62% in 2021. However, there were decreases in Anti-social behaviour in the subsequent years, a drop in Burglary and Other theft in 2020, a decrease in Public order offenses in 2022, and a decline in Vehicle crime in 2020, with Violence and sexual offences experiencing a significant reduction in 2023.
Dartford crime incidents by crime type
A total of 13749 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.
- Violence and sexual offences – 4786 (34.8)%
- Shoplifting – 1664 (12.1)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 1629 (11.8)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 1209 (8.8)%
- Vehicle crime – 1149 (8.4)%
- Other theft – 994 (7.2)%
- Public order – 771 (5.6)%
- Burglary – 406 (3.0)%
- Drugs – 393 (2.9)%
- Other crime – 353 (2.6)%
- Possession of weapons – 117 (0.9)%
- Robbery – 116 (0.8)%
- Theft from the person – 92 (0.7)%
- Bicycle theft – 70 (0.5)%
How does Dartford compare against nearby areas ?
Dartford ranks 12th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.
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Crime rates in Dartford wards
There are 20 wards within Dartford. Town (Dartford), Stone Castle, Stone House has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
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List of all 20 wards from high crime rate to low.
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Crime rates in postcode districts under Dartford
There are 12 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Dartford. Highest crime rates in DA9, DA11, DA10 .
- DA9 – 188.8
- DA11 – 160.2
- DA10 – 133.0
- DA1 – 116.8
- DA2 – 108.2
- BR8 – 102.8
- DA17 – 89.2
- DA14 – 86.5
- DA4 – 79.2
- DA3 – 62.4
- DA13 – 56.3
- DA5 – 54.2
Postcode districts in Dartford
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