Total Crime Rate

84.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lyndale Close area has the 38th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Blackheath Westcombe , and the 359th lowest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

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 Lyndale Close (SE3 7RG) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% lower than the Blackheath Westcombe average (85.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyndale Close (SE3 7RG), the main crime hotspot is near Wycherley Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Lyndale Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westcombe Park Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vanbrugh Park Road —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Highmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vanbrugh Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcombe Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Westcombe Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Restell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinsdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycherley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Combe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyndale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peachum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Annandale Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wycherley Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Vanbrugh Park Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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