Total Crime Rate
88.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Archer Square area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Deptford , and the 378th 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 Archer Square (SE14 6EX) in the last 12 months was 88.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% lower than the Deptford average (166.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Archer Square (SE14 6EX), the main crime hotspot is near Grinstead Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Deptford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Surrey Canal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Desmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Desmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vansittart Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vansittart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vansittart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Liardet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grinstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grinstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canal Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canal Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Liardet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ludwick Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Archer Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bawtree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Surrey Canal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundleys Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trundleys Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sanford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knoyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sanford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Archer Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chipley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chipley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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