Total Crime Rate

77.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 77.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

Adolf Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 333rd lowest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Adolf Street (SE6 3EJ) in the last 12 months was 77.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adolf Street (SE6 3EJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Adolf Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdrey Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brookehowse Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adolf Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gramsci Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Overdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Overdown Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lushington Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lushington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oakview Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookehowse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swallands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookehowse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookehowse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Arnulf Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oslac Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oslac Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oslac Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oslac Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Oslac Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oslac Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oslac Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bellingham Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lushington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swallands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Playgreen Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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