Total Crime Rate
85.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawkesfield Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Perry Vale , and the 369th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
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 Hawkesfield Road (SE23 2TL) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% higher than the Perry Vale average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawkesfield Road (SE23 2TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broxted Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clowders Road (15 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurstbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarens Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rutland Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selworthy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selworthy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Polecroft Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polecroft Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polecroft Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Polecroft Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perry Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broxted Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lutwyche Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vevey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vevey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carters Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Levendale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woolstone Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broxted Road | — |
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