Crime Rate in Forest Hill, ward

Forest Hill has the 6th lowest crime rate of 19 wards in Lewisham district and the 2197th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 292nd lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Forest Hill in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.9% lower than the Lewisham district average (121.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Forest Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 384 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 518 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Forest Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 91 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (41 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.