Total Crime Rate
261.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parkside Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 99th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Parkside Avenue (SE10 8FN) in the last 12 months was 261.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% higher than the Blackheath average (214.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 121.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parkside Avenue (SE10 8FN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conington Road, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackheath Hill (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elverson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lethbridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackheath Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkside Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Conington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Conington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blackheath Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silverwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silverwood Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Smiles Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morden Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windmill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
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