Crime and Safety in Crofton Park, Lewisham
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crimes in Crofton Park are violence and sexual offences, with 93 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 21. This is 26% higher than 2025's figure of 74 offences and a difference of 4.31 from 2025's crime rate of 17. Crofton Park's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 3 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 3 crimes.
Crofton Park 2026 Crime Scorecard
42% lower, borough crime rate
London
25% lower, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Lewisham is 42% lower than London and 25% lower than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Lewisham Crime Rate Over Time
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Crofton Park Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Crofton Park 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 Crofton Park's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Crofton Park up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Crofton Park's 6 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
Crofton Park • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Crofton Park has a crime risk score of 470. This is based on analysis of 6 nearby areas within Crofton Park, 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 Crofton Park's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Crofton Park, crime risk scores are typically around 470, while in Lewisham they are average 624.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 629 (697 for Lewisham), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 686 (Lewisham 752).
Trends in Crime Risk
Crofton Park
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.
No trend could be found in Crofton Park's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Crofton Park's crime risk score is up by 14%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Over the last year, Crofton Park's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 9%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Crofton Park
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
Crofton Park • 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.
Possession of Weapons offences have a crime rate of 0.69 reports per 1,000 people in Crofton Park, which is 3.14 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 12 reports of Robbery in Crofton Park, resulting in a crime rate of 2.73 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 3.03.
The crime rate for Theft From the Person is 1.77 times the national average at 0.69 reports per 1,000. This is from 3 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Crofton Park
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.
Drugs offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, though the CrimeRate Index three years ago is too low to measure, and the trend should be reviewed with caution.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Crofton Park
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 3.07 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 69% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 4.54 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 3.66 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 24% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.73 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 14% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Crofton Park • 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 | 77 | 17.45 | 1.23 | 7,237 | 23.04 | 1.63 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 3 | 0.68 | 5.23 | 316 | 1.00 | 1.37 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 13 | 2.97 | 1.42 | 1,475 | 4.69 | 1.50 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 15 | 3.40 | 0.82 | 2,021 | 6.44 | 1.03 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 15 | 3.40 | 1.47 | 1,719 | 5.47 | 1.77 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 4 | 0.90 | 3.00 | 442 | 1.41 | 0.76 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 14 | 3.18 | 0.84 | 2,473 | 7.87 | 1.38 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 3 | 0.69 | 3.14 | 327 | 1.07 | 1.26 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 16 | 3.62 | 1.19 | 2,222 | 7.08 | 1.22 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 12 | 2.73 | 3.03 | 1,011 | 3.23 | 2.74 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 23 | 5.21 | 1.12 | 2,614 | 8.33 | 1.17 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 3 | 0.69 | 1.77 | 1,248 | 3.98 | 2.57 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 23 | 5.23 | 1.61 | 2,502 | 7.97 | 1.85 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 93 | 21.06 | 0.69 | 10,720 | 34.15 | 1.12 | 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 | 237 | 53.76 | 0.97 | 29,090 | 92.69 | 1.29 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 274 | 62.21 | 0.96 | 29,168 | 93.87 | 1.27 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 334 | 76.58 | 1.14 | 29,489 | 95.41 | 1.26 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 355 | 81.65 | 1.17 | 27,475 | 89.26 | 1.13 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 281 | 64.10 | 0.96 | 26,674 | 86.58 | 1.13 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 308 | 68.24 | 1.20 | 26,336 | 84.55 | 1.23 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 246 | 53.47 | 0.86 | 26,844 | 85.59 | 1.15 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 250 | 54.26 | 0.84 | 26,633 | 85.10 | 1.12 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 251 | 54.98 | 0.89 | 24,573 | 78.96 | 1.11 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 239 | 52.66 | 1.06 | 24,331 | 78.79 | 1.23 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 62 | 13.65 | 1.01 | 7,760 | 25.19 | 1.32 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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Crofton Park Compared to Other Lewisham Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Honor Oak | 948 | 66.16 | 23% more dangerous |
| Brockley | 1,293 | 66.32 | 23% more dangerous |
| Ladywell | 484 | 73.33 | 36% more dangerous |
| Bell Green | 225 | 80.65 | 50% more dangerous |
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