Total Crime Rate
140.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elm Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Barnehurst , and the 104th highest crime rate of 725 local areas in Bexley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elm Road (DA8 2NN) in the last 12 months was 140.0 per 1,000 residents and was 168.9% higher than the Barnehurst average (52.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Road (DA8 2NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Slade Green, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazel Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnehurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clark Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chrome Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chrome Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Larkswood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Larkswood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quartz Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plantation Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freeland Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hazel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garnet Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quartz Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Slade Green | Under investigation |
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