Crime Statistics for Old Bexley, London, Bexley, 2024

There were a total of 71 street level crime incidents in Old Bexley in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Burglary.

Crime Category	Incidents
Vehicle Crime	15
Burglary	14
Violent Crime	12
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Other Theft	5
Public Order	5
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	71

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 Old Bexley. 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 Old Bexley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnehurst (1.39 miles)	346
Bexleyheath (1.39 miles)	298
Barnes Cray (2.24 miles)	226
Crayford (1.39 miles)	180
Sidcup (1.96 miles)	145
Bowmans (1.86 miles)	106
Coldblow (0.62 miles)	74
Old Bexley	71
Ruxley (1.64 miles)	60
Heath Side (1.39 miles)	45

Where are the most violent places near Old Bexley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnehurst	93
Bexleyheath	80
Barnes Cray	58
Crayford	40
Bowmans	39
Sidcup	34
Coldblow	18
Heath Side	14
Old Bexley	12
Ruxley	10

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

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 Old Bexley 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 Old Bexley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hextable	59
2	Crayford	54
3	St Mary's & St James	50
4	Bexleyheath	49
5	Joyden's Wood	43
6	Sidcup	42
7	Falconwood & Welling	41
8	Crook Log	32
9	Blackfen & Lamorbey	28
10	Blendon & Penhill	28
11	Longlands	27

Which road in Old Bexley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Old Bexley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Lane End.