Total Crime Rate
75.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swallands Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 322nd 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 Swallands Road (SE6 3HG) in the last 12 months was 75.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swallands Road (SE6 3HG), the main crime hotspot is near Marton Close. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moremead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadmead | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Playgreen Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Playgreen Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Playgreen Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | King Alfred Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Alfred Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadmead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Elfrida Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangemill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elfrida Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elfrida Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athelney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bellingham Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gramsci Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Playgreen Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Alfred Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangemill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longdown Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangemill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Firhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Marton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Marton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longdown Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marton Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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