Total Crime Rate
50.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highmore Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Blackheath Westcombe , and the 204th lowest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highmore Road (SE3 7UA) in the last 12 months was 50.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% lower than the Blackheath Westcombe average (85.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highmore Road (SE3 7UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lyndale Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wycherley Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Restell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Highmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wycherley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wycherley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyndale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands Park Road | — |
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