Total Crime Rate
180.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sharratt Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Deptford , and the 179th 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 Sharratt Street (SE15 1PL) in the last 12 months was 180.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% higher 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 69.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sharratt Street (SE15 1PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near John Williams Close, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Patterdale Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In New Cross Gate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Record Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | John Williams Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wardalls Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wardalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wardalls Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wardalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wardalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovelinch Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lovelinch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wrigglesworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrigglesworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edric Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edric Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunsdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunsdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunsdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hunsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Williams Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | John Williams Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wagner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Patterdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stockholm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Zampa Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Zampa Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | — |
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