Total Crime Rate

221.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 221.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 115.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.3 10/10
  • Other theft 30.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Drugs 18.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Culverley Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 130th highest crime rate of 827 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 Culverley Road (SE6 2LA) in the last 12 months was 221.1 per 1,000 residents and was 95.5% higher than the Catford South average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 34.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 115.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Culverley Road (SE6 2LA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Culverley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowness Road
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Plassy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Engleheart Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Drugs Gordon Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Mews Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Mews Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Engleheart Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Other crime Bowness Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Bowness Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Sambruck Mews Under investigation
Mar 2026Theft from the person Plassy Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Sambruck Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Sambruck Mews
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Sambruck Mews
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Sambruck Mews
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Sambruck Mews
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Plassy Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Mews Under investigation
Mar 2026Theft from the person Plassy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Bargery Road
Mar 2026Robbery Plassy Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Culverley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Robbery Plassy Road Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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