Total Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ardfillan Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 283rd 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 Ardfillan Road (SE6 1ST) in the last 12 months was 69.2 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% lower than the Catford South average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ardfillan Road (SE6 1ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hazelbank Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birkhall Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Catford South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Excalibur Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Excalibur Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Minard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Excalibur Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbank Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Excalibur Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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