Total Crime Rate
377.9 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.5 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Randlesdown Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 45th highest crime rate of 827 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 Randlesdown Road (SE6 3SR) in the last 12 months was 377.9 per 1,000 residents and was 133.6% higher than the Bellingham average (161.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 120.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Randlesdown Road (SE6 3SR), the main crime hotspot is near Otterden Street. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marton Close | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athelney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Longdown Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Possession of weapons | Randlesdown Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Southend Lane | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Otterden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Athelney Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Otterden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Otterden Street | — |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Otterden Street | — |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Firhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marton Close | — |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marton Close | — |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gramsci Way | — |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elfrida Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adolf Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adolf Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swallands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | King Alfred Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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