Total Crime Rate
251.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harting Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Grove Park , and the 93rd 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 Harting Road (SE9 4JR) in the last 12 months was 251.0 per 1,000 residents and was 172.5% higher than the Grove Park average (92.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (β 131.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harting Road (SE9 4JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chilham Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Court Farm Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kimmeridge Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chilham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ballantyne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kimmeridge Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | King And Queen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King And Queen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horning Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Horning Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Horning Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Widecombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Widecombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blanchard Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blanchard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greenfield Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nunnington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chilham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunnington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harting Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dittisham Road | Under investigation |
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