Crime Rates at Chiltern Close, Bexleyheath, DA7 6SA

Chiltern Close area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Barnehurst , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chiltern Close (DA7 6SA) in the last 12 months was 94.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.9% higher than the Barnehurst average (49.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chiltern Close (DA7 6SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Venners Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Halstead Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.