Total Crime Rate
108.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beckenham Hill Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Catford South , and the 356th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beckenham Hill Road (SE6 3PN) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% lower than the Catford South average (113.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beckenham Hill Road (SE6 3PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oldstead Road, where police recorded 263 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Downham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chelford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotton Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chelford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oldstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Close | — |
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