Crime Statistics for Crayford, London, Bexley, 2024

Crime statistics for Crayford, London

There were a total of 180 street level crime incidents in Crayford 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 Crayford, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime40
Anti Social Behaviour32
Vehicle Crime31
Criminal Damage Arson30
Burglary18
Shoplifting11
Robbery5
Public Order5
Other Theft3
Drugs2
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime180

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 Crayford. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Crayford

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Barnehurst (0.88 miles)346
Colyers (1.74 miles)311
Bexleyheath (1.96 miles)298
Northumberland Heath (1.96 miles)268
Barnes Cray (0.88 miles)226
Crayford180
Bowmans (0.88 miles)106
Coldblow (0.88 miles)74
Old Bexley (1.39 miles)71
Heath Side (1.24 miles)45

17.88%
of Crayford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Crayford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Colyers110
Northumberland Heath106
Barnehurst93
Bexleyheath80
Barnes Cray58
Crayford40
Bowmans39
Coldblow18
Heath Side14
Old Bexley12

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

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 Crayford 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 Crayford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Crayford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Crayford is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Town85
2Newtown77
3Maypole & Leyton Cross70
4West Hill69
5Hextable59
6Heath54
7Crayford54
8Bexleyheath49
9Barnehurst46
10Joyden's Wood43

Which road in Crayford has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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