Total Crime Rate

218.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 218.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bell Green Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 129th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bell Green Lane (SE26 5TN) in the last 12 months was 218.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% higher than the Bellingham average (164.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 96.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bell Green Lane (SE26 5TN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Winchfield Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bell Green Lane (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bell Green Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winchfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairlawn Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porthcawe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porthcawe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porthcawe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porthcawe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porthcawe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porthcawe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Porthcawe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Fairlawn Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kent House Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Porthcawe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fairview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fairview Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Castle Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bryden Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elderton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kent House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Watlington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cricket Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cricket Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winchfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winchfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winchfield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winchfield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winchfield Road

Data Sources

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