Crime Statistics for Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Greenhithe, Dartford

There were a total of 219 street level crime incidents in Greenhithe in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting92
Violent Crime49
Anti Social Behaviour15
Criminal Damage Arson12
Other Theft12
Vehicle Crime10
Public Order7
Theft From The Person5
Burglary5
Drugs4
Possession Of Weapons3
Bicycle Theft3
Other Crime2
All Crime219

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Greenhithe. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Greenhithe

We've taken the ten nearest places to Greenhithe and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Greenhithe has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Temple Hill (1.86 miles)372
Stone (0.88 miles)315
South Stifford (1.96 miles)258
Lakeside (2.48 miles)258
Knockhall (0.88 miles)257
Grays (2.24 miles)225
Greenhithe219
Bean (1.86 miles)51
Lane End (2.78 miles)36
Stonewood (1.96 miles)16

20.97%
of Stone Castle residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Greenhithe?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Greenhithe and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Temple Hill118
Stone115
Grays92
South Stifford73
Knockhall60
Lakeside59
Greenhithe49
Bean16
Lane End11
Stonewood6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Greenhithe?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Greenhithe to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Greenhithe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Greenhithe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Greenhithe is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Temple Hill93
2Swanscombe86
3Stone House85
4Ebbsfleet84
5Greenhithe & Knockhall83
6Bean & Village Park77
7Grays Riverside73
8West Thurrock and South Stifford72
9Stone Castle70
10Brent68

Which road in Greenhithe has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Greenhithe with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Providence Street.

Last updated: February 2024
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