Total Crime Rate
57.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Main Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Longlands , and the 341st highest crime rate of 716 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 Main Road (DA14 6NJ) in the last 12 months was 57.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Main Road (DA14 6NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamilton Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Neville Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Longlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cloudeseley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cloudeseley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanhope Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Main Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Main Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Main Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyminge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hamilton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsgrove Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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