Total Crime Rate
211.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birkhall Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 137th 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 Birkhall Road (SE6 1TE) in the last 12 months was 211.8 per 1,000 residents and was 86.8% higher than the Catford South average (113.4 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 Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 86.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birkhall Road (SE6 1TE), the main crime hotspot is near Birkhall Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Catford South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchiston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Killearn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torridon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torridon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torridon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dowanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birkhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birkhall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenfarg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dowanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Killearn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Killearn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Penderry Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penderry Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Merchiston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ardoch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ardoch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ardoch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardoch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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