Total Crime Rate

233.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 233.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 79.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.4 7/10
  • Other theft 18.0 9/10
  • Robbery 18.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.0 10/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.3 9/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
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 3rd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Lee Green , and the 110th highest crime rate of 844 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 Burnt Ash Hill (SE12 9HT) in the last 12 months was 233.9 per 1,000 residents and was 165.9% higher than the Lee Green average (88.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 422.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnt Ash Hill (SE12 9HT), 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Holme Lacey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linchmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Helder Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kimbolton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kimbolton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wildwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wildwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leewood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anne Compton Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Silk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Silk Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Helder Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linchmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holme Lacey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Grove —
Sep 2025Burglary Dallinger Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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