Total Crime Rate
86.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodchurch Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 207th 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 Woodchurch Close (DA14 6QH) in the last 12 months was 86.1 per 1,000 residents and was 60.8% higher than the Blackfen & Lamorbey average (53.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 13 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodchurch Close (DA14 6QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Main Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croft Way (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Longlands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northcote Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shirley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shirley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gulliver Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marechal Niel Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Margarets Avenue | — |
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