Total Crime Rate

2200.0 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 2200.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1325.9 10/10
  • Public order 240.7 10/10
  • Other theft 214.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 114.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 48.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 44.4 10/10
  • Drugs 37.0 10/10
  • Burglary 33.3 10/10
  • Robbery 29.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 25.9 10/10
  • Other crime 14.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
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

Mount Pleasant Road area has the highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Blackheath , and the 2nd 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 Mount Pleasant Road (SE13 6RB) in the last 12 months was 2200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1071.0% higher than the Blackheath average (187.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 358 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 435 (≈ 1611.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 407.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant Road (SE13 6RB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 594 crimes here, including 435 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Mount Pleasant Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Legge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davenport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davenport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davenport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Davenport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Davenport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Legge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Legge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Legge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Davenport Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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