Total Crime Rate

400.0 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 400.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 128.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.0 10/10
  • Drugs 57.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 14.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Albyn 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.

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Crime Over Time in Albyn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Vale
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wilshaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Deptford Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deptford Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deptford Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deptford Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilshaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilshaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wilshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wilshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Admiralty Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Deptford Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vanguard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanner'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lloyd Villas
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Butt Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tanner'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tanner'S Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tanner'S Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Heston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Deptford Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Speedwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Omega Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lewisham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friendly Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friendly Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friendly Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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