Total Crime Rate
119.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 136th highest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Johns Road (DA8 1PE) in the last 12 months was 119.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Road (DA8 1PE), the main crime hotspot is near St Francis' Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Erith| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maxim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Francis' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatstone Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Francis' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Galleon Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Galleon Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Francis' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Francis' Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jessett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxim Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxim Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vickers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Francis' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Maxim Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxim Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vickers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Fidelis' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maxim Road | β |
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