Total Crime Rate

88.5 per 1,000 7/10 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 88.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Swallands Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 391st lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Swallands Road (SE6 3HG) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swallands Road (SE6 3HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Playgreen Way, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Randlesdown Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Swallands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Firhill Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangemill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangemill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangemill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Broadmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moremead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Firhill Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longdown Road 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Playgreen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Playgreen Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Firhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery St Amunds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Randlesdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery St Amunds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longdown Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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