Total Crime Rate
75.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princes Rise area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 317th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Princes Rise (SE13 7PP) in the last 12 months was 75.1 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 11.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princes Rise (SE13 7PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Granville Grove, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lewisham Dlr (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Granville Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewisham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Granville Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silk Mills Path | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cressingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cressingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granville Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eliot Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wat Tyler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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