Crime Rates at Mottingham Road, London, SE9 4SL

Mottingham Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Grove Park , and the 383rd lowest crime rate of 844 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 Mottingham Road (SE9 4SL) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mottingham Road (SE9 4SL), the main crime hotspot is near Widecombe Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.