Total Crime Rate

423.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 423.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 100.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 38.0 10/10
  • Drugs 29.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.2 10/10
  • Burglary 24.5 10/10
  • Public order 24.5 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Robbery 16.3 10/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Cross Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Deptford , and the 34th 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 New Cross Road (SE14 6AL) in the last 12 months was 423.9 per 1,000 residents and was 149.6% higher than the Deptford average (169.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 135.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Cross Road (SE14 6AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parkfield Road, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grehan Mews (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Cross Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grehan Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Amersham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tanner'S Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amersham Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Heston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grehan Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Omega Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Baildon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Cross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Cross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person New Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Cross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grehan Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grehan Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs New Cross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkfield Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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