Total Crime Rate
267.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandhurst Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 30th 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 Sandhurst Road (DA15 7HL) in the last 12 months was 267.9 per 1,000 residents and was 400.4% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 145.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandhurst Road (DA15 7HL), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanhope Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hamilton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rangeworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelbury Close | Under investigation |
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