Total Crime Rate

96.2 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 96.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Erlanger Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Telegraph Hill , and the 414th highest crime rate of 844 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 Erlanger Road (SE14 5TH) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% higher than the Telegraph Hill average (82.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 210.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Erlanger Road (SE14 5TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hatcham Park Mews, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lanchester Way (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Erlanger Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wild Goose Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Besson Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Arbuthnot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bousfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatcham Park Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatcham Park Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hatcham Park Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hatcham Park Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hatcham Park Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hatcham Park Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatcham Park Mews β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatcham Park Mews β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Besson Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lanchester Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Besson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Besson Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Besson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatcham Park Mews β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Waller Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherwin Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbuthnot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbuthnot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arbuthnot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lanchester Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatcham Park Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lanchester Way β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pepys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swallow Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swallow Close β€”

Data Sources

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