Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 46.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Knapmill Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 294th 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 Knapmill Road (SE6 3TA) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knapmill Road (SE6 3TA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knapmill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grangemill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Aitken Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bromley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bellingham Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedford Mews
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aitken Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aitken Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aitken Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Aitken Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Aitken Road

Data Sources

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