Total Crime Rate

243.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 243.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 129.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 58.2 8/10
  • Robbery 26.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wrotham Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Crook Log , and the 36th 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 Wrotham Road (DA16 1LR) in the last 12 months was 243.4 per 1,000 residents and was 420.0% higher than the Crook Log average (46.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 460.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrotham Road (DA16 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Wrotham Road. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wrotham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wrotham Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wrotham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Okehampton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wrotham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wrotham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wrotham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wrotham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Okehampton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Wrotham Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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