Crime Rates at Honor Oak Road, London, SE23 3SB

Honor Oak Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Forest Hill , and the 209th highest crime rate of 826 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 3SB) in the last 12 months was 161.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Honor Oak Road (SE23 3SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Devonshire Road, where police recorded 33 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.