Total Crime Rate
650.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
280.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lushington Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 19th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lushington Road (SE6 3RL) in the last 12 months was 650.5 per 1,000 residents and was 296.9% higher than the Bellingham average (163.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (β 280.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lushington Road (SE6 3RL), the main crime hotspot is near Dunfield Road. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oslac Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blacklands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckenham Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckenham Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melfield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melfield Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melfield Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oslac Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oslac Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oslac Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lushington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lushington Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lushington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakview Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arnulf Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oslac Road | β |
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