Total Crime Rate
29.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dacres Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Perry Vale , and the 75th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dacres Road (SE23 2NL) in the last 12 months was 29.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% lower than the Perry Vale average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dacres Road (SE23 2NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silverdale, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deans Gate Close (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Perry Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Longfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deans Gate Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Perry Vale | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifield Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deans Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deans Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deans Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deans Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deans Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deans Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deans Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deans Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deans Gate Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catling Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deans Gate Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silverdale | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silverdale | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paddock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catling Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Catling Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Catling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Roundhay Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inglemere Road | β |
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