Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Camrose Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Barnehurst , and the 148th 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 Camrose Avenue (DA8 1ER) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 126.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Camrose Avenue (DA8 1ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stiles Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horsa Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northumberland Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stiles Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stiles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northumberland Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorne Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakdene Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Silver Spring Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hengist Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakdene Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stiles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stiles Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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