Crime Rates at Wearside Road, London, SE13 7UL

Wearside Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 356th 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 Wearside Road (SE13 7UL) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% 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 Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wearside Road (SE13 7UL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.