Total Crime Rate
96.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackheath Rise area has the 30th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Blackheath , and the 415th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackheath Rise (SE13 7PN) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackheath Rise (SE13 7PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conington Road, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackheath Hill (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smiles Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lethbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lewisham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lethbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lethbridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silk Mills Path | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silk Mills Path | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Silk Mills Path | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morden Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morden Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewisham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kings Hall Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lethbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beechwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beechwood Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverwood Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Conington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewisham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lethbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackheath Hill | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dartmouth Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Conington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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