Total Crime Rate
100.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carlton Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Falconwood & Welling , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 725 local areas in Bexley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carlton Road (DA16 1QH) in the last 12 months was 100.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% higher than the Falconwood & Welling average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carlton Road (DA16 1QH), the main crime hotspot is near Welling High Street. Police recorded 264 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Falconwood & Welling| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | School Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Welling High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Welling High Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bull Alley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penpool Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penpool Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | John Newton Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Newton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | School Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Welling High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynmere Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynmere Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balliol Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balliol Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Denham Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Welling High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | School Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Welling High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Welling High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Welling High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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