Total Crime Rate

754.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 754.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 269.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 158.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.4 10/10
  • Other theft 43.4 10/10
  • Public order 37.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.3 10/10
  • Burglary 22.6 10/10
  • Robbery 22.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.8 10/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sidcup 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sidcup High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Grassington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belton Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Birkbeck Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craybrooke Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shelbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hadlow Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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