Total Crime Rate
115.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Engleheart Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Hither Green , and the 326th highest crime rate of 826 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 2HW) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% higher than the Hither Green average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 71.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 112.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Engleheart Road (SE6 2HW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 156 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rushey Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sangley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sangley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sangley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Engleheart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Engleheart Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Inchmery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inchmery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shorndean Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorndean Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ringstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penerley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jutland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jutland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melbourne Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laleham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laleham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carswell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sportsbank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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