Total Crime Rate
113.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarence Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Grove Park , and the 338th 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 Clarence Road (SE9 4SJ) in the last 12 months was 113.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% higher than the Grove Park average (90.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarence Road (SE9 4SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nunnington Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Porcupine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blanchard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blanchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blanchard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blanchard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gardeners Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greenfield Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfield Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nunnington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nunnington Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blanchard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Porcupine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Silverdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lulworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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