Total Crime Rate
91.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Erlanger Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Telegraph Hill , and the 394th 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 Erlanger Road (SE14 5TH) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Telegraph Hill average (81.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Erlanger Road (SE14 5TH), the main crime hotspot is near Hatcham Park Mews. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Telegraph Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gellatly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waller Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Musgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pepys Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatcham Park Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hatcham Park Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hatcham Park Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatcham Park Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatcham Park Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatcham Park Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatcham Park Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherwin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kitto Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kitto Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherine'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waller Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gellatly Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walsham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waller Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Besson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Besson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Besson Street | Under investigation |
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