Total Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Payne Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Deptford , and the 234th 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 Payne Street (SE8 4LP) in the last 12 months was 145.8 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower than the Deptford average (166.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Payne Street (SE8 4LP), the main crime hotspot is near Deptford High Street. Police recorded 183 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Deptford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amersham Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Deptford High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abinger Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Deptford High Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Deptford High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Deptford High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deptford High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abinger Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Comet Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mornington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | New Cross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Glenville Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mornington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mornington Road | Under investigation |
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