Total Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Honor Oak Park area has the 20th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Forest Hill , and the 354th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
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 Honor Oak Park (SE23 3LD) in the last 12 months was 81.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% lower than the Forest Hill average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Honor Oak Park (SE23 3LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boveney Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greystead Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlie Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boveney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boveney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boveney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coach House Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boveney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairlie Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairlie Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowmarsh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greystead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greystead Road | Under investigation |
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