Each month teams across the council work together with partners like Kent Police to make sure that you can feel safe and well when you're out and about in the borough.

Whether it's dealing with fly-tippers, engaging with local shops and businesses, or clamping down on anti-social and nuisance behaviour, we're here to serve you.

Here's what we got up to in January 2026:

Fines for littering and breaching our Public Spaces Protection Orders

Kingdom security officers patrol the borough to make sure it stays clean and tidy for everyone to enjoy. They also monitor anti-social behaviour to help you feel safe.

We have additional powers to deal with specific anti-social and nuisance behaviour. These powers come under our Public Spaces Protection Orders.

In the town centre we can fine people for improper use of e-scooters, drinking alcohol or taking drugs in the street, or carrying out other anti-social behaviour.

We've also listened to your concerns about street racing and car meet-ups, and have a borough-wide PSPO in place to prevent that.

We issued 107 fixed penalty notices for littering and PSPO breaches last month.

Our Environmental Enforcement team works round-the-clock to investigate and prevent fly-tipping right across the borough. Last month we received 13 reports of fly-tipping, all of which resulted in a ticket being issued.

We don't always fine people, we do offer advice where we believe there's been an honest mistake. Everyone can do their part to prevent fly-tipping, in fact everyone has a duty of care to make sure their waste isn't dumped illegally by a third party.

The Neighbourhood Watch website has helpful advice to help stop fly-tipping.

Last year we introduced new town centre wardens in Dartford to help business owners, shoppers and visitors feel safe on the High Street and surrounding areas.

They're there to deal with nuisances like littering and improper e-scooter use, but also to help support you as you go about your day, and to speak with shop and business owners to make sure that the town centre is thriving.