Total Crime Rate

114.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 60.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Robbery 10.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.1 5/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sedgehill Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 331st highest crime rate of 826 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 Sedgehill Road (SE6 3QU) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% lower than the Bellingham average (163.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sedgehill Road (SE6 3QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Playgreen Way, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arnulf Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sedgehill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Moremead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Overdown Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Elfrida Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elfrida Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elfrida Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swallands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swallands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bellingham Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Adolf Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Overdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkins Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lushington Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lushington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lushington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oakview Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Arnulf Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmstead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greycot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hawkins Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkins Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St Amunds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkins Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdrey Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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