Total Crime Rate
144.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hayes Mews area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Brockley , and the 237th 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 Hayes Mews (SE8 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 144.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% higher than the Brockley average (103.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 26.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hayes Mews (SE8 4EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tanner'S Hill, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Speedwell Street (29 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 | Brindley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilshaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wickham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wickham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tanner'S Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lloyd Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lloyd Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lloyd Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lloyd Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanner'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wilshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wilshaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Speedwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Speedwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Speedwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearsons Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friendly Street Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ship Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ship Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friendly Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Friendly Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashmead Mews | — |
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