Total Crime Rate
101.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Melfield Gardens area has the 36th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Catford South , and the 388th 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 Melfield Gardens (SE6 3AH) in the last 12 months was 101.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.3% lower than the Catford South average (102.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melfield Gardens (SE6 3AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oslac Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunfield Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watermead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dunfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Beckenham Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benbury Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Allerford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watermead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watermead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watermead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Watermead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
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