Total Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Allerford Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 351st lowest 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 Allerford Road (SE6 3DN) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.9% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Allerford Road (SE6 3DN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 42 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 | Vehicle crime | Arnulf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melfield Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watermead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bromley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bromley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckenham Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckenham Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacklands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melfield Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oslac Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oslac Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oslac Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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