Total Crime Rate
308.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodlands Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hither Green , and the 70th 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 Woodlands Street (SE13 6TQ) in the last 12 months was 308.6 per 1,000 residents and was 254.3% higher than the Hither Green average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 115.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodlands Street (SE13 6TQ), the main crime hotspot is near Brownhill Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hither Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | George Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hither Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blashford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blashford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brownhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Duncrievie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blashford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ardgowan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ardgowan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hither Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hither Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hither Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Minard Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellmeadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blashford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Minard Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwich House | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenwich House | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lullingstone Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mountfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Woodlands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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