Total Crime Rate
201.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seymour Villas area has the 12th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Crystal Palace & Anerley , and the 83rd 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 Seymour Villas (SE20 8TX) in the last 12 months was 201.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seymour Villas (SE20 8TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weighton Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crystal Palace & Anerley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elder Oak Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elder Oak Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Selby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Selby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Selby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elder Oak Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Weighton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haysleigh Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weighton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elder Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elder Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tovil Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Oak Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Oak Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ridsdale Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elder Oak Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cranleigh Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranleigh Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wadhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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