Total Crime Rate

117.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.5 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 117.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other crime 7.5 9/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Polsted Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Ladywell , and the 320th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Polsted Road (SE6 4YQ) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% lower than the Ladywell average (119.0 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 Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Polsted Road (SE6 4YQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanstead Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winterstoke Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Polsted Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Ravensbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Stanstead Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stanstead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanstead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chilthorne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chilthorne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bankhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bankhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Stanstead Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Stanstead Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Winterstoke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Winterstoke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montacute Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Montacute Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Montacute Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ravensbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Ravensbourne Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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