Crime Statistics for Barnehurst, London, Bexley, 2024

There were a total of 346 street level crime incidents in Barnehurst in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barnehurst, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	93
Anti Social Behaviour	54
Vehicle Crime	40
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Shoplifting	30
Burglary	23
Public Order	23
Other Theft	18
Robbery	12
Drugs	7
Theft From The Person	7
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	346

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Barnehurst. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Barnehurst

We've taken the ten nearest places to Barnehurst and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Barnehurst has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnehurst	346
Colyers (1.34 miles)	311
Bexleyheath (1.24 miles)	298
Northumberland Heath (1.24 miles)	268
Erith (1.24 miles)	268
Barnes Cray (1.24 miles)	226
Crayford (0.88 miles)	180
Bowmans (1.75 miles)	106
Coldblow (1.24 miles)	74
Old Bexley (1.39 miles)	71

Where are the most violent places near Barnehurst?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Barnehurst and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Colyers	110
Northumberland Heath	106
Erith	106
Barnehurst	93
Bexleyheath	80
Barnes Cray	58
Crayford	40
Bowmans	39
Coldblow	18
Old Bexley	12

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barnehurst?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Barnehurst to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Barnehurst compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barnehurst and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Barnehurst is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Erith	68
2	Slade Green & Northend	68
3	Heath	54
4	Crayford	54
5	Northumberland Heath	52
6	Bexleyheath	49
7	Barnehurst	46
8	Joyden's Wood	43
9	Crook Log	32
10	East Wickham	31
11	Blendon & Penhill	28

Which road in Barnehurst has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Barnehurst with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Mayplace Road East.