Crime and Safety in Thamesmead North, Bexley
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crime in Thamesmead North is burglary, with 3 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 6. This is 40% lower than 2025's figure of 5 offences and a difference of 3.76 from 2025's crime rate of 9. Thamesmead North's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 0 offences recorded in 2026.
Thamesmead North 2026 Crime Scorecard
63% lower, borough crime rate
London
69% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Bexley is 63% lower than London and 69% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Bexley Crime Rate Over Time
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Thamesmead North Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Thamesmead North represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Thamesmead North's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Thamesmead North up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Thamesmead North's 3 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Thamesmead North • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Thamesmead North has a crime risk score of 519. This is based on analysis of 3 nearby areas within Thamesmead North, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Thamesmead North's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Thamesmead North, crime risk scores are typically around 519, while in Bexley they are average 440.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 611 (538 for Bexley), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 705 (Bexley 593).
Trends in Crime Risk
Thamesmead North
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 12% in Thamesmead North's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Thamesmead North's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Thamesmead North's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 7%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Thamesmead North
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Thamesmead North • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Burglary offences have a crime rate of 5.64 reports per 1,000 people in Thamesmead North, which is 10 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 3 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 2 reports of Vehicle Crime in Thamesmead North, resulting in a crime rate of 3.73 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 5.18.
The crime rate for Public Order is 3.85 times the national average at 1.85 reports per 1,000. This is from 1 crime report reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Thamesmead North
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
No significant increases identified.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Thamesmead North
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
No significant decreases identified.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Thamesmead North • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 2 | 3.76 | 1.68 | 3,920 | 14.70 | 1.04 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | - | - | - | 71 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 3 | 5.64 | 10 | 777 | 2.90 | 0.93 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 2 | 3.76 | 3.51 | 1,623 | 6.09 | 0.97 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | - | - | - | 1,016 | 3.81 | 1.23 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 1 | 1.88 | 13 | 287 | 1.07 | 0.58 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 1 | 1.88 | 3.62 | 1,183 | 4.43 | 0.78 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | - | - | - | 121 | 0.46 | 0.54 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 1 | 1.85 | 3.85 | 1,222 | 4.58 | 0.79 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | - | - | - | 329 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | - | - | - | 1,580 | 5.93 | 0.83 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | - | - | - | 238 | 0.91 | 0.59 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 2 | 3.73 | 5.18 | 1,612 | 6.06 | 1.41 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 2 | 3.70 | 1.46 | 5,975 | 22.40 | 0.74 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 12 | 22.44 | 3.73 | 16,034 | 60.14 | 0.84 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 22 | 42.54 | 3.16 | 16,329 | 61.57 | 0.83 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 18 | 36.30 | 2.76 | 16,698 | 63.69 | 0.84 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 8 | 16.52 | 6.40 | 15,610 | 60.61 | 0.77 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | 13,355 | 52.80 | 0.83 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
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Thamesmead North Compared to Other Bexley Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Lessness Heath | 841 | 60.41 | 169% more dangerous |
| Abbey Wood | 2,468 | 84.46 | 276% more dangerous |
| Erith | 1,322 | 91.87 | 309% more dangerous |
| Belvedere | 886 | 99.78 | 345% more dangerous |
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