Total Crime Rate
136.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sharratt Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Deptford , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 844 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 Sharratt Street (SE15 1PL) in the last 12 months was 136.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower than the Deptford average (169.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 98.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sharratt Street (SE15 1PL), the main crime hotspot is near Patterdale Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Deptford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stockholm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ilderton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ilderton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rollins Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rollins Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilderton Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wardalls Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornshay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wardalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunsdon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wardalls Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Patterdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farrow Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornshay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilderton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Record Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Record Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Record Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | White Post Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Post Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Edric Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avonley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hornshay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovelinch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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