Total Crime Rate

114.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Eliot Bank area has the 14th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Forest Hill , and the 329th highest 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 Eliot Bank (SE23 3XE) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eliot Bank (SE23 3XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heathedge (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Eliot Bank area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lapse Wood Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grizedale Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleeve Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amroth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Amroth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleeve Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grizedale Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Knapdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Tarleton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Heathedge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Heathedge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Otto Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Otto Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lapse Wood Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Knapdale Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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