Total Crime Rate
110.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Swallands 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 Swallands Road (SE6 3HX) 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 (≈ 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 Swallands Road (SE6 3HX), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King Alfred Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gramsci Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Randlesdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellingham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Alfred Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bellingham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bellingham | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellingham | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Broadmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Amunds Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Amunds Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Amunds Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Amunds Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southend Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnulf Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Farmstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Farmstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnulf Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnulf Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnulf Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Arnulf Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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