Total Crime Rate
218.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bell 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.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlawn Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Porthcawe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fairlawn Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kent House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Porthcawe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairview Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fairview Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Castle Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Castle Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bryden Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elderton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kent House Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Watlington Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricket Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cricket Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchfield Road | — |
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