Total Crime Rate
231.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Culverley Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 123rd 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 Culverley Road (SE6 2LD) in the last 12 months was 231.4 per 1,000 residents and was 104.1% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 120.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Culverley Road (SE6 2LD), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 344 crimes here, including 107 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 | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sambruck Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bargery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sambruck Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sambruck Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sambruck Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sambruck Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sambruck Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sambruck Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowness Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Culverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowness Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plassy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plassy Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plassy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Plassy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plassy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Plassy Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plassy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bargery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Culverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Inchmery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jutland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jutland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ringstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inchmery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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