Total Crime Rate

143.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 14.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Poppy Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Belvedere , and the 100th highest 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 Poppy Close (DA17 6GN) in the last 12 months was 143.5 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% higher than the Belvedere average (103.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 109.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poppy Close (DA17 6GN), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road North. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Poppy Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road North Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norman Road
Sep 2025Robbery Station Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Caldy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clydesdale Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baltimore Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baltimore Close

Data Sources

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