Total Crime Rate
74.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ranworth Close area has the 54th highest crime rate of 131 local areas in Barnehurst , and the 260th highest crime rate of 716 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 Ranworth Close (DA8 3AD) in the last 12 months was 74.1 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ranworth Close (DA8 3AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northend Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Slade Green & Northend| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Venners Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cumbrian Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Venners Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnett Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barnett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northend Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnett Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurstwood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Haven Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Haven Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Venners Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Venners Close | Under investigation |
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