Total Crime Rate

27.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

6.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 27.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 6.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Main Road area has the lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Mary's & St James , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Main Road (BR5 3ET) in the last 12 months was 27.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% lower than the St Mary's & St James average (79.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (BR5 3ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hearns Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calvin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Penshurst Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Craylands Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Penshurst Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Calvin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Calvin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calvin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calvin Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ethelbert Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ethelbert Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Springvale Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hearns Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hearns Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hearns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hearns Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Doveney Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Doveney Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow View Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsgate Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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