Total Crime Rate

141.6 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 141.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.5 8/10
  • Other theft 34.3 10/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 136th highest crime rate of 930 local areas in Bromley .

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 High Street (SE20 7AL) in the last 12 months was 141.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% lower than the Crystal Palace & Anerley average (142.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SE20 7AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montague Mews, where police recorded 185 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A234 (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gladstone Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kingswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Maple Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heath Grove
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkside Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parkside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frant Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Adelaide Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Montague Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montrave Road
Sep 2025Other theft Mosslea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Phoenix Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lucas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lucas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lucas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Laurel Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A234
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A234
Sep 2025Public order A234 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A234 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A234 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A234 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A234 Under investigation

Data Sources

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