Total Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fairfield Close area has the 56th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 244th lowest crime rate of 725 local areas in Bexley .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfield Close (DA15 8QS) in the last 12 months was 38.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% lower than the Blackfen & Lamorbey average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfield Close (DA15 8QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Days Lane, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caithness Gardens (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackfen & Lamorbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wavell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leechcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harman Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glebe Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Glebe Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fen Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caithness Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Raeburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wavell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wavell Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fen Grove | — |
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