Total Crime Rate
428.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brookehowse Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 844 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 Brookehowse Road (SE6 3TH) in the last 12 months was 428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 159.9% higher than the Bellingham average (164.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 188.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookehowse Road (SE6 3TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Franthorne Way, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bellingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangemill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Alfred Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bellingham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gramsci Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Randlesdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellingham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellingham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King Alfred Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brookehowse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Franthorne Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Franthorne Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Franthorne Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Franthorne Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Franthorne Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellingham | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bellingham | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knapmill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangemill Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangemill Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ghent Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Broadmead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadmead | Under investigation |
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