Crime Rates at Chilham Road, London, SE9 4BE

Chilham Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Grove Park , and the 318th 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 Chilham Road (SE9 4BE) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% higher than the Grove Park average (90.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chilham Road (SE9 4BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilham Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.