Total Crime Rate

224.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 224.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 70.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Anerley Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 61st highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .

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 Anerley Road (SE20 8BL) in the last 12 months was 224.4 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% higher than the Crystal Palace & Anerley average (133.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anerley Road (SE20 8BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Betts Way (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Anerley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/53)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seymour Villas —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chalkenden Close —
Apr 2026Drugs Weighton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anerley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cranleigh Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Mersham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mersham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lakefield Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Anerley Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mersham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cranleigh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mersham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mersham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons George Groves Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Minden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elder Oak Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weighton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tovil Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Hugh'S Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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