Crime Rates at Willow Avenue, Sidcup, DA15 8NU

Willow Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 44th 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 Willow Avenue (DA15 8NU) in the last 12 months was 218.0 per 1,000 residents and was 307.2% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 103.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Avenue (DA15 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackfen Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.