Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Reigate Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Downham , and the 368th 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 Reigate Road (BR1 5JJ) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Downham average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Reigate Road (BR1 5JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Bedivere Road. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 40 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Roundtable Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballamore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pegley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baring Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedivere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedivere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedivere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedivere Road | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Reigate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dagonet Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roundtable Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reigate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Dagonet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagonet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagonet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagonet Road | Under investigation |
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