Total Crime Rate
181.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nynehead Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Deptford , and the 175th highest crime rate of 826 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 Nynehead Street (SE14 6HJ) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% higher than the Deptford average (166.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nynehead Street (SE14 6HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifton Rise, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chipley Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Deptford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sanford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vansittart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vansittart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Angus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Angus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Childers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Childers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Childers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Childers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vansittart Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Desmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chipley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Desmond Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Archer Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Archer Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottesbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chipley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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