Total Crime Rate

29.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.6 3/10
  • Violent crimes 17.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.8 4/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandbourne Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Telegraph Hill , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandbourne Road (SE4 2NP) in the last 12 months was 29.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% lower than the Telegraph Hill average (81.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 6 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandbourne Road (SE4 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jerningham Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shardeloes Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandbourne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Musgrove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dragonfly Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millmark Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Barriedale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barriedale
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Endwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Endwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Endwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dragonfly Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shardeloes Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dragonfly Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Jerningham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jerningham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jerningham Road
Apr 2026Other theft Reservoir Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Reservoir Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pendrell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pendrell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dragonfly Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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