Total Crime Rate
273.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Honor Oak Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Forest Hill , and the 81st highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Honor Oak Road (SE23 3RY) in the last 12 months was 273.3 per 1,000 residents and was 195.6% higher than the Forest Hill average (92.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Honor Oak Road (SE23 3RY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Forestholme Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highgate Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waldenshaw Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldenshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearcefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pearcefield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearcefield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pearcefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hill Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Hermitage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Hermitage | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Hermitage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | David'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcombe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ewelme Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Hill | Under investigation |
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