Total Crime Rate
189.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Capstone Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Downham , and the 159th 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 Capstone Road (BR1 5NA) in the last 12 months was 189.9 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 92.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Capstone Road (BR1 5NA), the main crime hotspot is near Camlan Road. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 43 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Camlan Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Camlan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Camlan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lentmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moorside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Keedonwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Keedonwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Keedonwood Road | Under investigation |
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