Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beckenham Hill Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 383rd highest crime rate of 826 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 Beckenham Hill Road (SE6 3NY) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower than the Catford South average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beckenham Hill Road (SE6 3NY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Downham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melfield Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ansford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brangbourne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brangbourne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brangbourne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bromley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beachborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bourneside Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Benbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacklands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melfield Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Benbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckenham Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watermead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckenham Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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