Crime Rates at Fairweather Close, Welling, DA16 2AB

Fairweather Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the 114th 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 Fairweather Close (DA16 2AB) in the last 12 months was 135.5 per 1,000 residents and was 146.7% higher than the Blackfen & Lamorbey average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairweather Close (DA16 2AB), 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.