Total Crime Rate

188.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 188.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 30.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Robbery 21.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 21.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Seafarer Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Evelyn , and the 168th highest crime rate of 844 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 Seafarer Way (SE16 7DR) in the last 12 months was 188.8 per 1,000 residents and was 98.4% higher than the Evelyn average (95.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seafarer Way (SE16 7DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilton Grove (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Seafarer Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Chilton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Windlass Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sapphire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Naomi Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lighter Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Lighter Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lighter Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lighter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oxestalls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oxestalls Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxestalls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windlass Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windlass Place —
Sep 2025Public order Windlass Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Windlass Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Windlass Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Winchester Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capstan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plough Way —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Plough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Plough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Plough Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Russell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Russell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Onega Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sweden Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Transom Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rope Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rope Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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