Total Crime Rate
263.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 8th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Brockley , and the 97th 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 This (SE4 2SA) in the last 12 months was 263.2 per 1,000 residents and was 154.7% higher than the Brockley average (103.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 78.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode SE4 2SA, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitbread 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 | Drugs | Howson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickham Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glensdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glensdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glensdale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glensdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Margaret'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ivy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chalsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glensdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harefield Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitbread Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harefield Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foxberry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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