Total Crime Rate
193.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farmstead Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 154th 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 Farmstead Road (SE6 3EH) in the last 12 months was 193.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% higher than the Bellingham average (163.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 92.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farmstead Road (SE6 3EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oslac Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookehowse Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Southend Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arnulf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lushington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lushington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakview Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brookehowse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookehowse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookehowse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oslac Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lushington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookehowse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elfrida Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maroons Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkins Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkins Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkins Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hawkins Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elfrida Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkins Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elfrida Crescent | Under investigation |
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