Total Crime Rate

141.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Engleheart Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Hither Green , and the 257th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Engleheart Road (SE6 2HR) in the last 12 months was 141.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% higher than the Hither Green average (89.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (β‰ˆ 94.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Engleheart Road (SE6 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plassy Road, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Engleheart Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bargery Road β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Ringstead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Ringstead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shorndean Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ringstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shorndean Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shorndean Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shorndean Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shorndean Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shorndean Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shorndean Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Ringstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laleham Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plassy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Plassy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Plassy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plassy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plassy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Plassy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plassy Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plassy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plassy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plassy Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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