Total Crime Rate
392.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avalon Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Catford South , and the 41st 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 Avalon Close (SE6 1BY) in the last 12 months was 392.2 per 1,000 residents and was 284.1% higher than the Catford South average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 91.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avalon Close (SE6 1BY), the main crime hotspot is near Castillon Road. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Catford South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarlet Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkhall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stable Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grail Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grail Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkhall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkhall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkhall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkhall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkhall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkhall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hexal Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentland Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentland Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentland Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentland Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentland Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wentland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castillon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castillon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkhall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingrove Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Boundfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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