Total Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fen Grove area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 141st lowest 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 Fen Grove (DA15 8QJ) in the last 12 months was 24.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% lower than the Blackfen & Lamorbey average (53.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fen Grove (DA15 8QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Days Lane, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Berwick Crescent (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackfen & Lamorbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Days Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwick Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Caithness Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oaklands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Days Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Crescent | — |
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