Total Crime Rate

100.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.4 5/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Carlton 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.

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Crime Over Time in Carlton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Springfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Welling High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Welling High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Bull Alley Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penpool Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penpool Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime John Newton Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Newton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Welling High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lynmere Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lynmere Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balliol Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balliol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Northdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Northdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denham Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Welling High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Welling High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Welling High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Welling High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Springfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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