Total Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lee Park area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Blackheath , and the 19th lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lee Park (SE3 9HZ) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 94.4% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lee Park (SE3 9HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B212, where police recorded 188 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bennett Park (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quentin Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B212 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B212 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blackheath Village | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cresswell Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cresswell Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cresswell Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cresswell Park | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Priory Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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