Total Crime Rate

114.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 75.4 9/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.6 2/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Matfield Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Belvedere , and the 141st highest crime rate of 725 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 Matfield Road (DA17 6LX) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% higher than the Belvedere average (103.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 283.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Matfield Road (DA17 6LX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Matfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bedwell Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stapley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshunt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nuxley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedonwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swaylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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