Total Crime Rate
167.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moorside Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Downham , and the 198th highest crime rate of 826 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 Moorside Road (BR1 5EY) in the last 12 months was 167.5 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% higher 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorside Road (BR1 5EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waters Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Evans Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Downham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undershaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gittens Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitefoot Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undershaw Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitefoot Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Undershaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Undershaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Evans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evans Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waters Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waters Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waters Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Undershaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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