Total Crime Rate

49.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Childeric Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Deptford , and the 194th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Childeric Road (SE14 6DQ) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Childeric Road (SE14 6DQ), the main crime hotspot is near New Cross Road. Police recorded 161 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Childeric Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Achilles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery St James'S Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pear Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vansittart Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pear Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Goodwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goodwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Angus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Southerngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitcher Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitcher Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whitcher Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whitcher Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whitcher Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Robbery Angus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nynehead Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Rise
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurie Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Laurie Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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