Total Crime Rate

108.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Essenden Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 155th highest 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 Essenden Road (DA17 5ED) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% lower than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Essenden Road (DA17 5ED), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Essenden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Alfred Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wynford Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Orchard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nuxley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nuxley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bedwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bedwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Draper Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Draper Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cowper Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albert Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Abbey Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Alfred Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Essenden Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albert Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Hoddesdon Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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