Crime Rates at Highland Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 7LY

Highland Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bexleyheath , and the 174th 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 Highland Road (DA6 7LY) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% lower than the Bexleyheath average (136.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highland Road (DA6 7LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 273 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (135 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.