Total Crime Rate

92.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.1 7/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Reculver Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Evelyn , and the 401st 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 Reculver Road (SE16 2RW) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower than the Evelyn average (108.4 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reculver Road (SE16 2RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bush Road, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Reculver Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/50)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Oldfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cope Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bush Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bush Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bush Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bush Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bush Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oldfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Surrey Canal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trundley'S Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sketchley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lambourne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lambourne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sketchley Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sketchley Gardens —
Apr 2026Burglary Sketchley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Sketchley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Reculver Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Island Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Luxford Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Luxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Luxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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