Total Crime Rate

117.0 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 117.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.4 8/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newlands Park area has the 20th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Sydenham , and the 337th 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 Newlands Park (SE26 5NA) in the last 12 months was 117.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% higher than the Sydenham average (110.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newlands Park (SE26 5NA), the main crime hotspot is near Queensthorpe Mews. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newlands Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sydenham Station Approach
Sep 2025Public order Spring Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Queensthorpe Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sydenham Station Approach
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensthorpe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Queensthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Queensthorpe Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlsthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyric Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Sydenham Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sydenham Station Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sydenham Station Approach Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Sydenham Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sydenham Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forrester Path
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Girton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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