Total Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Portmeadow Walk area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 115 local areas in Belvedere , and the 266th lowest 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 Portmeadow Walk (SE2 9UL) in the last 12 months was 41.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.4% lower than the Belvedere average (110.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portmeadow Walk (SE2 9UL), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartslock Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lensbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lensbury Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartslock Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lensbury Way | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southmere Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martins Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seacourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartslock Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavy Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartslock Drive | Under investigation |
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