Crime Statistics for Blackheath Park, London, Greenwich, 2024

There were a total of 3 street level crime incidents in Blackheath Park in July 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Bicycle Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackheath Park, 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 Crime1
Bicycle Theft1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime3

Map of street level crime incidents in July 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackheath Park. 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 Blackheath Park

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Greenwich (1.39 miles)11
Catford (1.75 miles)7
Blackheath (0.88 miles)7
Hither Green (0.76 miles)5
New Charlton (1.86 miles)4
Blackheath Park3
Shooters Hill (1.96 miles)3
Chinbrook (1.92 miles)3
Horn Park (0.84 miles)1
Kidbrooke (0.88 miles)0

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Where are the most violent places near Blackheath Park?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Greenwich5
Catford2
Hither Green2
Blackheath1
New Charlton1
Blackheath Park1
Chinbrook1
Horn Park1
Shooters Hill0
Kidbrooke0

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

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 Blackheath Park 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 Blackheath Park compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackheath Park and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blackheath Park is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Eltham West82
2Kidbrooke with Hornfair79
3Rushey Green77
4Lewisham Central75
5Middle Park and Sutcliffe69
6Blackheath63
7Lee Green60
8Ladywell58
9Grove Park58
10Catford South52
11Eltham North48

Which road in Blackheath Park has the highest level of crime?

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

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