Total Crime Rate
420.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yarnton Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 16th highest crime rate of 716 local areas in Bexley .
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 Yarnton Way (SE2 9UJ) in the last 12 months was 420.9 per 1,000 residents and was 279.5% higher than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 114.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yarnton Way (SE2 9UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tavy Bridge, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartslock Drive (42 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tavy Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tavy Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavy Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harrow Manorway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harrow Manorway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Manorway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrow Manorway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrow Manorway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thistlebrook | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thistlebrook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thistlebrook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lensbury Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lensbury Way | — |
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