Total Crime Rate
400.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albyn Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Brockley , and the 39th 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 Albyn Road (SE8 4EF) in the last 12 months was 400.0 per 1,000 residents and was 264.2% higher than the Brockley average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 114.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albyn Road (SE8 4EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Admiralty Close, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deptford Broadway (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brockley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Vale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wilshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Deptford Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Comet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilshaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilshaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wilshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wilshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Admiralty Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Deptford Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vanguard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanner'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lloyd Villas | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New Butt Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanner'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tanner'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tanner'S Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Deptford Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Speedwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Omega Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lewisham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friendly Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friendly Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Friendly Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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