Total Crime Rate
147.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avenue Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Bexleyheath , and the 98th 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 Avenue Road (DA7 4EP) in the last 12 months was 147.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% higher than the Bexleyheath average (136.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avenue Road (DA7 4EP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 200 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bexleyheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glynde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexley Heath | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Emerton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowan Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rowan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harcourt Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glengall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Basilon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Adams Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brunswick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beechwood Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beechwood Crescent | Under investigation |
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