Crime Rates at Evelyn Street, London, SE8 5QS

Evelyn Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Deptford , and the 370th lowest 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 5QS) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Evelyn Street (SE8 5QS), 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 Grinling Place (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.