Total Crime Rate
247.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Erith Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Erith Road (DA17 6LE) in the last 12 months was 247.2 per 1,000 residents and was 122.9% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 112.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1258.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Erith Road (DA17 6LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holly Hill Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Avenue Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Erith| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fox House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stiles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Filston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stiles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stiles Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stiles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holly Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holly Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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