Total Crime Rate

110.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 110.0 8/10
  • Drugs 46.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Overdown Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 358th 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 3ES) in the last 12 months was 110.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% lower than the Bellingham average (164.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Overdown Road (SE6 3ES), 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 Overdown Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sedgehill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brookehowse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Amunds Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Playgreen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Playgreen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leof Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southend Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gramsci Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Randlesdown 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 β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Alfred Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Alfred Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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