Crime Rates at Evelyn Street, London, SE8 5DB

Evelyn Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Deptford , and the 372nd highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Evelyn Street (SE8 5DB) in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% lower than the Deptford average (166.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Evelyn Street (SE8 5DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sayes Court Street, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxestalls Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.