Total Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Timothy Close area has the 39th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bexleyheath , and the 356th highest crime rate of 725 local areas in Bexley .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Timothy Close (DA6 8JB) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Timothy Close (DA6 8JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devonshire Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bexleyheath

Crime Over Time in Timothy Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sibley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upton Road
Sep 2025Other theft Red House Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brunswick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Standard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emerton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Emerton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devonshire Road

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.