Total Crime Rate
1225.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
798.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belmont Hill area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 6th 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 Belmont Hill (SE13 5BF) in the last 12 months was 1225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 472.8% 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 231 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 393 (≈ 798.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belmont Hill (SE13 5BF), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 443 crimes here, including 317 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lewis Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnstaple Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lewis Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lewis Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lewis Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lewis Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lewis Grove | Under investigation |
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