Total Crime Rate

428.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 428.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 66.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.7 10/10
  • Public order 45.6 10/10
  • Robbery 33.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.4 10/10
  • Other theft 21.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.3 10/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brookehowse 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.

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Crime Over Time in Brookehowse Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangemill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Alfred Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bellingham Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gramsci Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Randlesdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellingham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swallands Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Alfred Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brookehowse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Franthorne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Franthorne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Franthorne Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Franthorne Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Franthorne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellingham —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order Bellingham Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knapmill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangemill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangemill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ghent Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Broadmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadmead Under investigation

Data Sources

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