Postcode · Longfield
Crime in DA3 7PS
How much crime is recorded in DA3 7PS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet
- Council
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,128 (2024)
How safe is DA3 7PS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 24.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DA3 7PS area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
102
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
DA3 7PSNational
Shoplifting47.58.4
Violence and sexual offences17.923.6
Anti-social behaviour12.910.7
Burglary8.69.1
Criminal damage and arson7.84.7
Other theft4.84.5
Public order2.64.6
Possession of weapons2.00.9
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Other crime1.21.5
Drugs1.22.4
Robbery0.81.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.