Total Crime Rate

145.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 145.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 27.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.3 7/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 6.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackfen Parade area has the 11th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 99th highest crime rate of 725 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 Blackfen Parade (DA15 9LU) in the last 12 months was 145.3 per 1,000 residents and was 164.7% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 144.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackfen Parade (DA15 9LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackfen Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackfen Parade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penshurst Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chailey Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyrrell Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Tyrrell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyrrell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chailey Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gwillim Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Tyrrell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gwillim Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gwillim Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashcroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashcroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashcroft Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Groombridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Groombridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyrrell Avenue —

Data Sources

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