Total Crime Rate
139.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manwood Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Crofton Park , and the 251st highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Manwood Road (SE4 1SB) in the last 12 months was 139.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% higher than the Crofton Park average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manwood Road (SE4 1SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ravensbourne Park, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lion Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crofton Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsmonden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glynde Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Foxborough Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ravensbourne Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsiemaud Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rushford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravensbourne Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brockley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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