Total Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lawrie Park Gardens area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Sydenham , and the 191st lowest crime rate of 844 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 Lawrie Park Gardens (SE26 6XH) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawrie Park Gardens (SE26 6XH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lawrie Park Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raymond Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawrie Park Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Raymond Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Border Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sydenham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Thakeham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheenewood Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Bartholomew'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Bartholomew'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Border Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Martins Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lawrie Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lawrie Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawrie Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copeman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Maybourne Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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