Total Crime Rate

49.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.3 5/10
  • Violent crimes 29.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bedonwell Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 318th lowest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bedonwell Road (DA7 5PY) in the last 12 months was 49.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.6% lower than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedonwell Road (DA7 5PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swaylands Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stapleton Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bedonwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swaylands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Heath Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Swaylands Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Matfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wynford Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nuxley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Nuxley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stapleton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Swaylands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Albany Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Heath Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Heath Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little Heath Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bedonwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Little Heath Road
Apr 2026Other theft Swaylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Little Heath Road

Data Sources

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