Total Crime Rate
237.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lincombe Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Downham , and the 117th 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 Lincombe Road (BR1 5HJ) in the last 12 months was 237.5 per 1,000 residents and was 123.7% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 106.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincombe Road (BR1 5HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jennifer Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Verdant Lane (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Downham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Undershaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verdant Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verdant Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundtable Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roundtable Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roundtable Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roundtable Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jennifer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jennifer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jennifer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northover | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northover | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verdant Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verdant Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Verdant Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northover | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lentmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitefoot Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Undershaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undershaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Undershaw Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitefoot Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Undershaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gittens Close | Under investigation |
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