Crime Rate in Crayford, ward

Crayford has the 6th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Bexley district and the 2186th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 294th lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Crayford in the last 12 months was 88.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% higher than the Bexley district average (80.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Crayford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 395 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 507 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Crayford ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 178 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (46 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.