Total Crime Rate

121.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sissinghurst Close area has the 17th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Downham , and the 313th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sissinghurst Close (BR1 4SN) in the last 12 months was 121.7 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% higher than the Downham average (106.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 72.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sissinghurst Close (BR1 4SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ravenscar Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Butts Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Sissinghurst Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bankfoot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wittersham Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wittersham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wittersham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wittersham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goudhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Downham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Downham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bankfoot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Downham Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Keedonwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arcus Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elmscott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Arcus Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Arcus Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Keedonwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sissinghurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valeswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elmscott Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arcus Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valeswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valeswood Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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