Total Crime Rate
79.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Green area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Downham , and the 346th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Green (BR1 5LS) in the last 12 months was 79.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Green (BR1 5LS), 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 | Drugs | Riverbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Galahad Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Galahad Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Galahad Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbury Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Launcelot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geraint Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Launcelot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gareth Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedivere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dagonet 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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