Maypole & Leyton Cross
WardWest Dartford. About 3,092 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 89% of people in Maypole & Leyton Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Maypole & Leyton Cross compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Maypole & Leyton Cross safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maypole & Leyton Cross at a rate of 62.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 105.9 per 1,000 people across Dartford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Maypole & Leyton Cross.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (102), other crime (54) and anti-social behaviour (45).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Dartford
These figures are published for the whole of Dartford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dartford and not Maypole & Leyton Cross alone. See Dartford
Maypole & Leyton Cross in brief
Maypole & Leyton Cross had 3,113 usual residents at the census.
About 89% of people in Maypole & Leyton Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Maypole & Leyton Cross, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Maypole & Leyton Cross, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.