Total Crime Rate

123.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.7 8/10
  • Drugs 49.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sterling Gardens area has the 34th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Deptford , and the 305th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sterling Gardens (SE14 6DU) in the last 12 months was 123.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower than the Deptford average (169.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 366.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sterling Gardens (SE14 6DU), the main crime hotspot is near Liardet Street. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sterling Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitcher Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robert Lowe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sterling Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Tarragon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Sanford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sanford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Silver Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Woodrush Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Archer Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitcher Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whitcher Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whitcher Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitcher Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brocklehurst Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Southerngate Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goodwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Goodwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nynehead Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nynehead Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Nynehead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pear Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pear Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ludwick Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liardet Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liardet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Robert Lowe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Whitcher Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trundleys Road —
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Data Sources

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