Total Crime Rate
75.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crayford Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Crayford , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 725 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 Crayford Road (DA1 4AT) in the last 12 months was 75.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% lower than the Crayford average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crayford Road (DA1 4AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crayford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swaislands Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ridge Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ducketts Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ducketts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Heath Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Brow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Brow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Brow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crayford | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waterside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
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