Crime Rates at Wordsworth Road, London, SE20 7JL

Wordsworth Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Penge & Cator , and the 170th 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 Wordsworth Road (SE20 7JL) in the last 12 months was 118.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Penge & Cator average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 141.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (SE20 7JL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.