Total Crime Rate
463.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
131.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edgington Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St Mary's & St James , and the 13th highest crime rate of 716 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 Edgington Way (DA14 5AF) in the last 12 months was 463.6 per 1,000 residents and was 485.7% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 131.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edgington Way (DA14 5AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edgington Way, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Paul's Cray| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palm Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgington Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitney Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitney Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edgington Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edgington Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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