Total Crime Rate
135.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Suffolk Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Longlands , and the 112th 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 Suffolk Road (DA14 5DD) in the last 12 months was 135.5 per 1,000 residents and was 131.7% higher than the Longlands average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Suffolk Road (DA14 5DD), the main crime hotspot is near Evry Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sidcup| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudsbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haven Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townshend Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Townshend Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Townshend Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Townshend Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evry Road | — |
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