Crime Rates at Selworthy Road, London, SE6 4DN

Selworthy Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bellingham , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 826 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 Selworthy Road (SE6 4DN) in the last 12 months was 389.8 per 1,000 residents and was 137.8% higher than the Bellingham average (163.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 36.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 125.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Selworthy Road (SE6 4DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Otterden Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.