Total Crime Rate
148.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oakview Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 235th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oakview Road (SE6 3QF) in the last 12 months was 148.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -58.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakview Road (SE6 3QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oslac Road, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunfield Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leof Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leof Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leof Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leof Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sedgehill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lushington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lushington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lushington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakview Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sedgehill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leof Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dunfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Highland Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Arnulf Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnulf Street | Under investigation |
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