Total Crime Rate
71.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rushdene area has the 58th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rushdene (SE2 9RU) in the last 12 months was 71.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rushdene (SE2 9RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gayton Road, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maran Way (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thamesmead East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sydney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lensbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolvercote Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolvercote Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalberg Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manorside Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rushdene | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushdene | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lensbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maran Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bright Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bright Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maran Way | Under investigation |
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