Crime Rate in East Wickham, ward

East Wickham has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Bexley district and the 2481st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 50th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Wickham in the last 12 months was 48.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower than the Bexley district average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Wickham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 326 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 373 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Wickham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Wrotham Road, with 56 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Charmouth Road (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.