Total Crime Rate

509.4 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 509.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 99.1 10/10
  • Robbery 66.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 66.0 10/10
  • Drugs 54.3 10/10
  • Other theft 30.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.6 10/10
  • Public order 21.2 9/10
  • Burglary 11.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 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

Achilles Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Deptford , and the 24th 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 Achilles Street (SE14 6BB) in the last 12 months was 509.4 per 1,000 residents and was 199.9% higher than the Deptford average (169.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 200.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Achilles Street (SE14 6BB), 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 Achilles Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mornington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Robbery Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Achilles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft New Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Achilles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amersham Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Amersham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grehan Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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