Crime Statistics for Temple Hill, Dartford, Kent, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Temple Hill in September 2024. There were a total of 350 incidents. 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	135
Anti Social Behaviour	41
Criminal Damage Arson	35
Shoplifting	30
Other Theft	25
Public Order	18
Vehicle Crime	14
Other Crime	13
Burglary	11
Drugs	10
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	1
All Crime	350

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Stone (1.39 miles)	583
Knockhall (2.55 miles)	444
Temple Hill	350
Barnes Cray (1.86 miles)	294
Colyers (2.61 miles)	277
Greenhithe (1.86 miles)	219
Crayford (2.55 miles)	159
Bowmans (2.24 miles)	111
Bean (2.63 miles)	73
Lane End (2.56 miles)	51

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Stone	197
Knockhall	147
Temple Hill	135
Colyers	94
Barnes Cray	76
Greenhithe	53
Crayford	43
Bowmans	40
Bean	27
Lane End	16

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 .

#	Ward	Score
1	Temple Hill	93
2	Town	85
3	Stone House	85
4	Bean & Village Park	77
5	Newtown	77
6	Princes	76
7	Stone Castle	70
8	West Hill	69
9	Brent	68

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.