Crime Statistics for Temple Hill, Dartford, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Temple Hill, Dartford

There were a total of 425 street level crime incidents in Temple Hill 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 Temple Hill, 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 Crime175
Anti Social Behaviour45
Shoplifting43
Criminal Damage Arson32
Vehicle Crime30
Other Theft27
Public Order20
Burglary15
Drugs15
Other Crime10
Bicycle Theft6
Theft From The Person3
Robbery3
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime425

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 Temple Hill. 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 Temple Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Temple Hill425
Colyers (2.61 miles)311
Stone (1.39 miles)295
Knockhall (2.55 miles)229
Barnes Cray (1.86 miles)226
Greenhithe (1.86 miles)207
Crayford (2.55 miles)180
Bowmans (2.24 miles)106
Lane End (2.56 miles)55
Bean (2.63 miles)54

21.76%
of Temple Hill residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Temple Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Temple Hill175
Colyers110
Stone97
Knockhall66
Barnes Cray58
Greenhithe51
Crayford40
Bowmans39
Lane End20
Bean13

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

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 Temple Hill 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 Temple Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Temple Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Temple Hill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is .

#WardScore
1Temple Hill93
2Town85
3Stone House85
4Bean & Village Park77
5Newtown77
6Princes76
7Stone Castle70
8West Hill69
9Brent68

Which road in Temple Hill has the highest level of crime?

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

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