Total Crime Rate
86.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bovill Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Crofton Park , and the 372nd lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bovill Road (SE23 1EX) in the last 12 months was 86.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% higher than the Crofton Park average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bovill Road (SE23 1EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaumaris Mews, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Herschell Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crofton Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ewart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaumaris Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beaumaris Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whatman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whatman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ballina Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaumaris Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agnew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herschell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wyleu Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockley Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaumaris Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaumaris Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaumaris Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ewart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dalmain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garthorne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garthorne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wastdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaumaris Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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