Total Crime Rate

141.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 141.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 62.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 26.2 5/10
  • Other theft 19.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Swaylands Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 104th 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 Swaylands Road (DA17 6LS) in the last 12 months was 141.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -29.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swaylands Road (DA17 6LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swaylands Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hoddesdon Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swaylands Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Walsingham Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Swaylands Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Swaylands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stream Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Matfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swaylands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hoddesdon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wynford Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nuxley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stapleton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nuxley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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