Crime Statistics for Bowmans, Dartford, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Bowmans, Dartford

There were a total of 106 street level crime incidents in Bowmans in January 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 Bowmans, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime39
Anti Social Behaviour17
Vehicle Crime16
Criminal Damage Arson11
Burglary10
Drugs3
Other Theft3
Public Order2
Other Crime2
Shoplifting1
Possession Of Weapons1
Robbery1
All Crime106

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bowmans. 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 Bowmans

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Temple Hill (2.24 miles)425
Barnehurst (1.75 miles)346
Colyers (2.41 miles)311
Barnes Cray (1.24 miles)226
Crayford (0.88 miles)180
Hextable (1.96 miles)125
Bowmans106
Coldblow (1.24 miles)74
Old Bexley (1.86 miles)71
Heath Side (0.88 miles)45

13.36%
of Heath (Dartford) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bowmans?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Temple Hill175
Colyers110
Barnehurst93
Barnes Cray58
Hextable47
Crayford40
Bowmans39
Coldblow18
Heath Side14
Old Bexley12

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

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 Bowmans 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 Bowmans compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bowmans and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bowmans is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Town85
2Newtown77
3Princes76
4Maypole & Leyton Cross70
5West Hill69
6Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley65
7Hextable59
8Heath54
9Crayford54
10Joyden's Wood43

Which road in Bowmans has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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