Total Crime Rate

106.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.1 10/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tarleton Gardens area has the 19th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Forest Hill , and the 371st highest crime rate of 844 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 Tarleton Gardens (SE23 3XN) in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tarleton Gardens (SE23 3XN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heathedge (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Tarleton Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Highgate Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grizedale Terrace —
Sep 2025Public order Forestholme Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathedge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Knapdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Knapdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Grizedale Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tarleton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tarleton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tarleton Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Shackleton Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Little Brownings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarleton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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