Total Crime Rate

119.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

13.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.1 10/10
  • Burglary 17.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 13.3 3/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.4 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Melfield Gardens area has the 29th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 314th 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 Melfield Gardens (SE6 3AH) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Catford South average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melfield Gardens (SE6 3AH), the main crime hotspot is near Dunfield Road. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Catford South

Crime Over Time in Melfield Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oslac Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melfield Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Benbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Benbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blacklands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watermead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beckenham Hill —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beckenham Hill —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Melfield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Benbury Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melfield Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Dunfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oslac Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oslac Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Oslac Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oslac Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oslac Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oslac Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Allerford Road Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 21 of 21

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑