Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knapmill 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 3TB) 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 3TB), 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.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangemill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aitken Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bromley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aitken Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aitken Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aitken Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aitken Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aitken Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Franthorne Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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