Total Crime Rate
58.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Margarets Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Brockley , and the 228th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Road (SE4 1YU) in the last 12 months was 58.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% lower than the Brockley average (103.3 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Margarets Road (SE4 1YU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glensdale Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ladywell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chalsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ivy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Margaret'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glensdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glensdale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glensdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glensdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glensdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meredith Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meredith Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meredith Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meredith Mews | Under investigation |
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