Crime Statistics for Stone, Dartford, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Stone, Dartford

There were a total of 295 street level crime incidents in Stone in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stone, 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 Crime97
Shoplifting85
Vehicle Crime22
Criminal Damage Arson19
Other Theft16
Anti Social Behaviour14
Public Order13
Burglary9
Other Crime6
Drugs6
Theft From The Person3
Bicycle Theft3
Robbery2
All Crime295

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 Stone. 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 Stone

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Temple Hill (1.39 miles)425
Stone295
South Stifford (2.78 miles)240
Knockhall (1.24 miles)229
Greenhithe (0.88 miles)207
Lane End (1.96 miles)55
Bean (1.39 miles)54
Green Street Green (2.56 miles)23
Stonewood (1.75 miles)13
Betsham (2.63 miles)4

12.45%
of Bean & Village Park residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Stone?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Temple Hill175
Stone97
Knockhall66
South Stifford53
Greenhithe51
Lane End20
Bean13
Green Street Green9
Stonewood5
Betsham2

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

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 Stone 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 Stone compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stone and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Stone is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Temple Hill93
2Town85
3Stone House85
4Greenhithe & Knockhall83
5Bean & Village Park77
6Newtown77
7Princes76
8Darenth71
9Stone Castle70
10Brent68

Which road in Stone has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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