Total Crime Rate
100.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Launcelot Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Downham , and the 398th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Launcelot Road (BR1 5EA) in the last 12 months was 100.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% lower than the Downham average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Launcelot Road (BR1 5EA), the main crime hotspot is near Camlan Road. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Downham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Launcelot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gareth Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gareth Grove | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivorydown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivorydown | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivorydown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivorydown | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Launcelot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Riverbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welbeck Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gareth Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Riverbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
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