Total Crime Rate

91.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 37.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.1 6/10
  • Drugs 23.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Slaithwaite Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 396th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Slaithwaite Road (SE13 6DB) in the last 12 months was 91.5 per 1,000 residents and was 57.2% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Slaithwaite Road (SE13 6DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eastdown Park, where police recorded 201 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnstaple Lane (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Slaithwaite Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Campshill Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lee High Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mercator Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mercator Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mercator Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodpecker Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodpecker Mews
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marischal Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilmore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercator Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bonfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bonfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bonfield Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercia Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercia Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mercator Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastdown Park
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnstaple Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Eastdown Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Atlas Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Eastdown Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Eastdown Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Eastdown Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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