Total Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Merlin Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Falconwood & Welling , and the 83rd lowest crime rate of 716 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 Merlin Road (DA16 2JP) in the last 12 months was 17.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
In the area around Merlin Road (DA16 2JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Groombridge Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cowper Close (8 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendover Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birch Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Groombridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merlin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lancelot Road | Under investigation |
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