Total Crime Rate

105.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 2/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Overdown Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 374th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Overdown Road (SE6 3ER) in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -90.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Overdown Road (SE6 3ER), the main crime hotspot is near Arnulf Street. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Overdown Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swallands Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Alfred Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Alfred Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Amunds Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery St Amunds Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery St Amunds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longdown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gramsci Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Longdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longdown Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southend Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowdrey Mews
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moremead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Randlesdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brookehowse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adolf Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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