Total Crime Rate
351.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Anerley Station Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 30th 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 Station Road (SE20 8FD) in the last 12 months was 351.4 per 1,000 residents and was 163.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 122.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Anerley Station Road (SE20 8FD), 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.
View Crime In Penge & Cator| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunstan Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbine Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodbine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mersham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | George Groves Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jasmine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jasmine Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Betts Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bridgewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mersham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mersham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mersham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jasmine Grove | — |
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