Total Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingswood Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 50th 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 Kingswood Avenue (DA17 5HG) in the last 12 months was 12.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingswood Avenue (DA17 5HG), the main crime hotspot is near Leatherbottle Green. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Belvedere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leatherbottle Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leatherbottle Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shortlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aspen Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laymarsh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvedere Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Draper Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
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