Total Crime Rate
19.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Copperwood Place area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 33rd lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Copperwood Place (SE10 8GD) in the last 12 months was 19.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% lower than the Blackheath average (214.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Copperwood Place (SE10 8GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reginald Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vanguard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crosslet Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Deptford Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merryweather Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deptford Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merryweather Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Merryweather Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merryweather Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merryweather Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryweather Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryweather Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryweather Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Catherine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackheath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Egerton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburnham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Deptford Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crosslet Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deptford Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deptford Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Road | Under investigation |
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