Total Crime Rate

128.0 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 128.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 18.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Public order 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Hook Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Falconwood & Welling , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 725 local areas in Bexley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hook Lane (DA16 2DR) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% higher than the Falconwood & Welling average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -73.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hook Lane (DA16 2DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Turnpike Close, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelvin Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hook Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Kelvin Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turnpike Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Marwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting A207 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A207 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Churchfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deepdene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Turnpike Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turnpike Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turnpike Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turnpike Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Merlin Road North Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Merlin Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Merlin Road North Under investigation
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Data Sources

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