Total Crime Rate
123.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milton Court Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Deptford , and the 298th highest crime rate of 826 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 Milton Court Road (SE14 6JL) in the last 12 months was 123.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milton Court Road (SE14 6JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clifton Rise, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexandra (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 | Drugs | Cottesbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amersham Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gosterwood Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Drugs | Etta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royal Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pilot Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alexandra | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Royal Naval Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abinger Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abinger Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abinger Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Achilles Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Achilles Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Achilles Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Achilles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Achilles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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