Total Crime Rate
236.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hildenborough Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 118th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hildenborough Gardens (BR1 4NU) in the last 12 months was 236.8 per 1,000 residents and was 108.9% higher than the Catford South average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -46.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hildenborough Gardens (BR1 4NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hildenborough Gardens, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swiftsden Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Downham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beechmont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yewdale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coniston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yewdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hildenborough Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hildenborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elmscott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Swiftsden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arcus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arcus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chingley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thirlmere Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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