Crime Rate in Falconwood & Welling, ward

Falconwood & Welling has the 9th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Bexley district and the 3610th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 121st lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Falconwood & Welling in the last 12 months was 64.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% lower than the Bexley district average (80.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Falconwood & Welling’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , down -16.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -26.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 340 (≈ 18.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Falconwood & Welling ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Welling High Street, with 175 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.