Total Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northumberland Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in Blackfen & Lamorbey , and the lowest crime rate of 725 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 Northumberland Avenue (DA16 2PZ) in the last 12 months was 2.8 per 1,000 residents and was 94.9% lower than the Blackfen & Lamorbey average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Northumberland Avenue (DA16 2PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Green, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westmoreland Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackfen & Lamorbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Falconwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Falconwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Montrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Montrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cumberland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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