Total Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Porthkerry Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Falconwood & Welling , and the 319th lowest crime rate of 716 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 Porthkerry Avenue (DA16 2DT) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% lower than the Falconwood & Welling average (64.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Porthkerry Avenue (DA16 2DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Turnpike Close, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A207 (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Falconwood & Welling| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edmund Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edmund Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lancelot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merlin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edmund Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Turnpike Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnpike Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnpike Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnpike Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnpike Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnpike Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A207 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birch Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Marwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marwood Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edmund Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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