Total Crime Rate

301.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 301.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 40.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.0 9/10
  • Drugs 27.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.9 9/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Farmstead Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 68th highest crime rate of 844 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 Farmstead Road (SE6 3EA) in the last 12 months was 301.6 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% higher than the Bellingham average (164.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 144.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farmstead Road (SE6 3EA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Farmstead Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Watermead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnulf Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gramsci Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Farmstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnulf Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnulf Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Arnulf Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnulf Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnulf Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Overdown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brookehowse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Farmstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Franthorne Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellingham —
Sep 2025Public order Bellingham Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bellingham Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watermead Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watermead Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Allerford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watermead Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Franthorne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Franthorne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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