Total Crime Rate
128.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranbrook Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Brockley , and the 287th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cranbrook Road (SE8 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% higher than the Brockley average (103.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranbrook Road (SE8 4EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deptford Broadway (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brockley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanner'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Deptford Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deptford Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deptford Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whidborne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whidborne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Loampit Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deal'S Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deal'S Gateway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seager Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Deal'S Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deal'S Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deal'S Gateway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beck Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crosslet Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crosslet Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Vale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lind Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Seager Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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