Total Crime Rate
238.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elmstone Terrace area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in St Mary's & St James , and the 35th highest crime rate of 725 local areas in Bexley .
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 Elmstone Terrace (BR5 3QN) in the last 12 months was 238.0 per 1,000 residents and was 220.6% higher than the St Mary's & St James average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 109.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 95.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmstone Terrace (BR5 3QN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 374 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Mary's & St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hearns Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harbledown Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burwash Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harbledown Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Montbretia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Withens Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hearns Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hearns Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hearns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hearns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hearns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Belgrave Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teal Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Blacksmiths Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oldbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cray View Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cray View Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cray View Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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