Crime and Safety in Hither Green, Lewisham
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The most common crimes in Hither Green are violence and sexual offences, with 1,370 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 59. This is 5% higher than 2025's figure of 1,303 offences and a difference of 2.72 from 2025's crime rate of 56. Hither Green's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 22 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 22 crimes.
Hither Green 2026 Crime Scorecard
36% higher, borough crime rate
London
76% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Lewisham is 36% higher than London and 76% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Lewisham Crime Rate Over Time
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Hither Green Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Hither Green 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 Hither Green's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Hither Green up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Hither Green's 34 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
Hither Green • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Hither Green has a crime risk score of 710. This is based on analysis of 34 nearby areas within Hither Green, 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 Hither Green's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Hither Green, crime risk scores are typically around 710, while in Lewisham they are average 624.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 761 (697 for Lewisham), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 826 (Lewisham 752).
Trends in Crime Risk
Hither Green
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 Hither Green'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 Hither Green's crime risk score is up by 17%. 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, Hither Green's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 4.9%, 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
Hither Green
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
Hither Green • 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.
Theft From the Person offences have a crime rate of 4.17 reports per 1,000 people in Hither Green, which is 2.69 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 97 crime reports logged by Metropolitan Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Metropolitan Police recorded 65 reports of Robbery in Hither Green, resulting in a crime rate of 2.79 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.36.
The crime rate for Drugs is 2.17 times the national average at 6.69 reports per 1,000. This is from 156 crime reports reported to Metropolitan Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Hither Green
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.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.20 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 0.96 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 129% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.96 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.31 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 50% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.43 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.86 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 31% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Hither Green
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.29 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.60 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 43% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 2.30 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 20% over this timeframe.
Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.13 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.90 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 41% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Hither Green • 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 | 606 | 25.98 | 1.84 | 7,237 | 23.04 | 1.63 | 235,985 | 21.68 | 1.53 |
| Bicycle Theft | 22 | 0.95 | 1.44 | 316 | 1.00 | 1.37 | 13,695 | 1.26 | 1.73 |
| Burglary | 131 | 5.63 | 1.80 | 1,475 | 4.69 | 1.50 | 47,359 | 4.34 | 1.39 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 209 | 8.97 | 1.43 | 2,021 | 6.44 | 1.03 | 54,098 | 4.99 | 0.79 |
| Drugs | 156 | 6.69 | 2.17 | 1,719 | 5.47 | 1.77 | 53,167 | 4.87 | 1.58 |
| Other Crime | 27 | 1.16 | 0.68 | 442 | 1.41 | 0.76 | 13,008 | 1.19 | 0.64 |
| Other Theft | 274 | 11.76 | 2.07 | 2,473 | 7.87 | 1.38 | 97,452 | 8.97 | 1.58 |
| Possession of Weapons | 30 | 1.30 | 1.67 | 327 | 1.07 | 1.26 | 6,443 | 0.60 | 0.71 |
| Public Order | 241 | 10.36 | 1.79 | 2,222 | 7.08 | 1.22 | 60,049 | 5.52 | 0.95 |
| Robbery | 65 | 2.79 | 2.36 | 1,011 | 3.23 | 2.74 | 30,804 | 2.83 | 2.40 |
| Shoplifting | 145 | 6.21 | 0.87 | 2,614 | 8.33 | 1.17 | 87,976 | 8.09 | 1.13 |
| Theft From the Person | 97 | 4.17 | 2.69 | 1,248 | 3.98 | 2.57 | 77,160 | 7.11 | 4.59 |
| Vehicle Crime | 181 | 7.76 | 1.80 | 2,502 | 7.97 | 1.85 | 81,755 | 7.50 | 1.74 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 1,370 | 58.77 | 1.93 | 10,720 | 34.15 | 1.12 | 273,434 | 25.12 | 0.83 |
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Total Crime by Year
Hither Green | Lewisham | London | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 2,948 | 126.52 | 1.76 | 29,090 | 92.69 | 1.29 | 896,400 | 82.39 | 1.14 |
| 2025 | 3,126 | 135.34 | 1.84 | 29,168 | 93.87 | 1.27 | 896,961 | 83.23 | 1.12 |
| 2024 | 2,794 | 122.53 | 1.63 | 29,489 | 95.41 | 1.26 | 900,986 | 84.38 | 1.12 |
| 2023 | 2,336 | 102.92 | 1.31 | 27,475 | 89.26 | 1.13 | 835,471 | 78.98 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 2,298 | 100.87 | 1.32 | 26,674 | 86.58 | 1.13 | 795,646 | 75.77 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 2,189 | 94.10 | 1.38 | 26,336 | 84.55 | 1.23 | 727,983 | 69.09 | 1.01 |
| 2020 | 2,179 | 92.04 | 1.25 | 26,844 | 85.59 | 1.15 | 819,467 | 77.66 | 1.05 |
| 2019 | 1,984 | 83.64 | 1.11 | 26,633 | 85.10 | 1.12 | 849,310 | 80.70 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 1,834 | 77.63 | 1.11 | 24,573 | 78.96 | 1.11 | 810,063 | 77.08 | 1.08 |
| 2017 | 1,810 | 77.08 | 1.22 | 24,331 | 78.79 | 1.23 | 758,160 | 72.41 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 519 | 22.10 | 1.16 | 7,760 | 25.19 | 1.32 | 234,565 | 22.42 | 1.18 |
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Hither Green Compared to Other Lewisham Neighbourhoods
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Neighbourhood | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Crofton Park | 237 | 53.76 | 58% safer |
| Lee | 682 | 69.02 | 45% safer |
| Ladywell | 484 | 73.33 | 42% safer |
| Catford | 3,314 | 82.23 | 35% safer |
| Lewisham | 3,850 | 158.48 | 25% more dangerous |
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