Total Crime Rate
362.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lee High Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 48th 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 Lee High Road (SE13 5FF) in the last 12 months was 362.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.2% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 130.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lee High Road (SE13 5FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eastdown Park, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Myron Place (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eastdown Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastdown Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercator Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercator Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercator Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercator Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercator Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodpecker Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eastdown Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedars Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belmont Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belmont Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blessington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Atlas Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastdown Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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