Crime Rate in Bellingham, ward

Bellingham has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 wards in Lewisham district and the 502nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 116th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bellingham in the last 12 months was 164.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Lewisham district average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bellingham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 598 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 13 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 73.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 794 (≈ 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bellingham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Bell Green, with 159 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (49 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.