Total Crime Rate

155.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 155.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Other theft 11.4 8/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Tanners Hill area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Brockley , and the 219th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tanners Hill (SE8 4PN) in the last 12 months was 155.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% higher than the Brockley average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 74.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tanners Hill (SE8 4PN), the main crime hotspot is near Deptford High Street. Police recorded 244 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tanners Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deptford Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friendly Street Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilshaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Speedwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Speedwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Speedwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Speedwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Speedwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oscar Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friendly Street Mews
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friendly Street Mews
Sep 2025Other theft Friendly Street Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wilshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Comet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Comet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Comet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Comet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Comet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Comet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Comet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Comet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Comet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Comet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilshaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Wilshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Deptford High Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs New Cross Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Cross Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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