Total Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kelvin Grove area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Forest Hill , and the 327th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kelvin Grove (SE26 6BB) in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% lower than the Forest Hill average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kelvin Grove (SE26 6BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirkdale, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prospect Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heathedge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jews Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jews Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jews Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jews Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkdale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkdale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heathedge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jews Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Otto Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gainsborough Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gainsborough Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prospect Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oaksford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oaksford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Otto Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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