Total Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 25.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Reigate 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 5JW) 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 5JW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Reigate Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roundtable Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Reigate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pegley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Baring Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedivere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedivere Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedivere Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ballamore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reigate Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedivere Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagonet Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roundtable Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagonet Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roundtable Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Roundtable Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dagonet Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Dagonet Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagonet Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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