Total Crime Rate
114.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prendergast Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Blackheath , and the 327th highest crime rate of 826 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 Prendergast Road (SE3 9LS) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% lower than the Blackheath average (214.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -17.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prendergast Road (SE3 9LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B212, where police recorded 168 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Glebe (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nesbit Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B212 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B212 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B212 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackheath Village | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B212 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B212 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montpelier Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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