Total Crime Rate

117.4 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 117.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Burglary 17.8 10/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Wat Tyler Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Blackheath , and the 333rd 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 Wat Tyler Road (SE3 0RF) in the last 12 months was 117.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% lower than the Blackheath average (187.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wat Tyler Road (SE3 0RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dartmouth Hill, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eliot Hill (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Wat Tyler Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Dartmouth Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dartmouth Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Grove —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft West Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wat Tyler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lewisham Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pagoda Gardens —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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