Crime Rate in Longlands, ward

Longlands has the 7th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Bexley district and the 2835th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 64th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Longlands in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Bexley district average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Longlands’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 192 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 233 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Longlands ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Main Road, with 26 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Clifton Road (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.