Total Crime Rate
135.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tyrrell Avenue 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 Tyrrell Avenue (DA16 2BT) 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 Tyrrell Avenue (DA16 2BT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackfen & Lamorbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tyrrell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tyrrell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyrrell Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chailey Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyrrell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chailey Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gwillim Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gwillim Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gwillim Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penshurst Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rochester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyrrell Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Overcourt Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Groombridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Groombridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radnor Avenue | Under investigation |
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