Total Crime Rate

255.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 255.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.9 10/10
  • Other theft 48.9 10/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Drugs 16.3 9/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Robbery 10.9 9/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Billingford Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Telegraph Hill , and the 89th highest crime rate of 844 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 Billingford Close (SE4 2BL) in the last 12 months was 255.4 per 1,000 residents and was 210.3% higher than the Telegraph Hill average (82.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 92.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Billingford Close (SE4 2BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Turnham Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Billingford Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Meretone Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Billingford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frendsbury Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Frendsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frendsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nash Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Nash Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nash Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pincott Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Billingford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avignon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turnham Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Turnham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turnham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lanbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivydale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aldersford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aldersford Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meretone Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Norbert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hainford Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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