Crime Statistics for Heath Side, Dartford, Kent, 2024

There were a total of 37 street level crime incidents in Heath Side in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Heath Side, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	16
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Other Theft	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	1
Other Crime	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	37

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 Heath Side. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Heath Side

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hextable (1.24 miles)	128
Bowmans (0.88 miles)	69
Barnes Cray (1.96 miles)	40
Heath Side	37
Coldblow (0.88 miles)	26
Crayford (1.24 miles)	20
Ruxley (1.84 miles)	2
Bexleyheath (2.63 miles)	0
Barnehurst (1.96 miles)	0
Old Bexley (1.39 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Heath Side?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hextable	63
Bowmans	30
Barnes Cray	16
Heath Side	16
Coldblow	12
Crayford	8
Ruxley	1
Bexleyheath	0
Barnehurst	0
Old Bexley	0

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

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 Heath Side 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 Heath Side compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Heath Side and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Heath Side have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Swanley White Oak.

#	Ward	Score
1	Swanley White Oak	81
2	Princes	76
3	Maypole & Leyton Cross	70
4	West Hill	69
5	Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley	65
6	Hextable	59
7	Heath	54
8	Crayford	54
9	Swanley Christchurch and Swanley Village	50
10	St Mary's & St James	50
11	Joyden's Wood	43

Which road in Heath Side has the highest level of crime?

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