Total Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dunkery Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Grove Park , and the 333rd lowest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dunkery Road (SE9 4LP) in the last 12 months was 77.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% lower than the Grove Park average (92.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunkery Road (SE9 4LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ravensworth Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ravenscroft Crescent (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Widecombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunkery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravensworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Prestbury Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestbury Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elmstead Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Offenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Offenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunkery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunkery Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Steyning Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunkery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunkery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jay Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravensworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromhedge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmstead Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsley Wood Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsley Wood Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenscroft Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wayside Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southold Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thursley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mells Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mells Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravensworth Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Haven Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ravensworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mottingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mottingham Road | Under investigation |
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