Total Crime Rate
106.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ardgowan Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 366th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ardgowan Road (SE6 1UY) in the last 12 months was 106.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% lower than the Catford South average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ardgowan Road (SE6 1UY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellmeadow Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brownhill Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hither Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Killearn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellmeadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellmeadow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellmeadow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellmeadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Broadfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Minard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ardgowan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellmeadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torridon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brownhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Killearn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Killearn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dowanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dowanhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torridon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torridon Road | 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 | Stable Mews | Under investigation |
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