Total Crime Rate
92.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moorside Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Downham , and the 397th lowest 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 Moorside Road (BR1 5EP) in the last 12 months was 92.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorside Road (BR1 5EP), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | 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 | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gittens Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wittersham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keedonwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keedonwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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