Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hattersfield Close area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hattersfield Close (DA17 5QT) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hattersfield Close (DA17 5QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Abbey Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ruskin Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Belvedere| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shortlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Draper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laymarsh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Draper Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aspen Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvedere Court | — |
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