Total Crime Rate
754.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sidcup High Street area has the highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 6th 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 Sidcup High Street (DA14 6EN) in the last 12 months was 754.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1274.5% higher than the Blackfen & Lamorbey average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 92 (β 173.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sidcup High Street (DA14 6EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackfen & Lamorbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grassington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Birkbeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craybrooke Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shelbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hadlow Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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