Total Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colyers Lane area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 131 local areas in Barnehurst , and the 247th lowest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colyers Lane (DA8 3NY) in the last 12 months was 40.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colyers Lane (DA8 3NY), the main crime hotspot is near Stelling Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnehurst| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pear Tree Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Tree Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frinsted Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stelling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castleton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pear Tree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pear Tree Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Tree Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Tree Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pear Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pear Tree Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stelling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stelling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stelling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stelling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stelling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stelling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Holme | Under investigation |
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