Total Crime Rate

130.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.9 10/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Castleton Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Grove Park , and the 289th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castleton Road (SE9 4DA) in the last 12 months was 130.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.2% higher than the Grove Park average (92.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castleton Road (SE9 4DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grace Close, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duddington Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Castleton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Charminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duddington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Duddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duddington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duddington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duddington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castleton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cobland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cobland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cobland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grace Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lonsdale Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grace Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grace Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Wicks Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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