Total Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Timothy Close area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Bexleyheath , and the 244th lowest crime rate of 716 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 39.1 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% lower than the Bexleyheath average (132.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Timothy Close (DA6 8JB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Crook Log| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sibley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Standard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lenor Close | Under investigation |
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