Crime Rates at Devonshire Road, London, SE23 3TH

Devonshire Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Forest Hill , and the 409th 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 Devonshire Road (SE23 3TH) in the last 12 months was 93.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Forest Hill average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Devonshire Road (SE23 3TH), the main crime hotspot is near Beaumaris Mews. Police recorded 152 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.