Total Crime Rate

69.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 69.1 6/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burnt Ash Hill area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Lee Green , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 844 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 Burnt Ash Hill (SE12 0JL) in the last 12 months was 69.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% lower than the Lee Green average (88.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnt Ash Hill (SE12 0JL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Burnt Ash Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Holme Lacey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Helder Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Summerfield Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linchmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linchmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wildwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wildwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kimbolton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kimbolton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Helder Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Summerfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anne Compton Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Grove
Sep 2025Burglary Holme Lacey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dallinger Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rayford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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