Total Crime Rate
187.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maple Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 928 local areas in Bromley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Maple Road (SE20 8EY) in the last 12 months was 187.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maple Road (SE20 8EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 67 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.
View Crime In Penge & Cator| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melvin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mersham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Melvin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melvin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Evergreen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Challin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunstan Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roberts Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Roberts Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Betts Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Betts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dunstan Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunstan Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gladstone Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jasmine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jasmine Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunstan Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beeches Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Minden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Anerley Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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