Crime Rates at Avington Grove, London, SE20 8RY

Avington Grove area has the 26th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 141st highest crime rate of 928 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 Avington Grove (SE20 8RY) in the last 12 months was 141.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avington Grove (SE20 8RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montague Mews, where police recorded 210 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A234 (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.