Crime Rate in Sydenham, ward

Sydenham has the 9th highest crime rate of 19 wards in Lewisham district and the 1450th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 289th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sydenham in the last 12 months was 106.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower than the Lewisham district average (121.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sydenham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 534 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 55.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 703 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sydenham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Queensthorpe Mews, with 176 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sydenham Station Approach (44 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.