Total Crime Rate

96.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 43.3 7/10
  • Drugs 26.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Swallands Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 405th highest crime rate of 827 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 3HX) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower than the Bellingham average (161.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swallands Road (SE6 3HX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Swallands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Awaiting court outcome
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Farmstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Theft from the person Bellingham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other crime Bellingham Awaiting court outcome
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Theft from the person Arnulf Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Playgreen Way
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Adolf Street Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Southend Lane Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookehowse Road Awaiting court outcome
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookehowse Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Green Under investigation
Mar 2026Vehicle crime Swallands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Public order King Alfred Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Elfrida Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Adolf Street Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Lushington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Possession of weapons Randlesdown Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Gramsci Way
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowden Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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