Total Crime Rate
718.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
256.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookmill Road area has the highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Brockley , and the 15th highest crime rate of 826 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 Brookmill Road (SE8 4HL) in the last 12 months was 718.0 per 1,000 residents and was 594.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 256.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookmill Road (SE8 4HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reginald Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brockley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Comet Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deal'S Gateway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reginald Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reginald Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Reginald Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reginald Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Reginald Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deal'S Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Deal'S Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deal'S Gateway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deal'S Gateway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deptford Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deptford Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reginald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seager Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Deptford Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reginald Road | Under investigation |
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