Crime Statistics for Bexley, London, Kent, 2024

Crime statistics for Bexley, London

There were a total of 222 street level crime incidents in Bexley in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bexley, 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 Crime42
Vehicle Crime33
Anti Social Behaviour26
Criminal Damage Arson25
Shoplifting24
Burglary22
Other Theft19
Public Order10
Robbery7
Drugs4
Theft From The Person4
Other Crime3
Bicycle Theft2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime222

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 Bexley. 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 Bexley

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Abbey Wood (1.86 miles)393
Plumstead Common (1.39 miles)312
Bexleyheath (1.24 miles)298
Shooters Hill (1.96 miles)272
Bexley222
Avery Hill (1.39 miles)212
Blackfen (0.88 miles)172
Longlands (1.87 miles)172
Falconwood (0.62 miles)161
Sidcup (1.86 miles)145

22.56%
of Falconwood & Welling residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bexley?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Abbey Wood141
Plumstead Common97
Bexleyheath80
Shooters Hill68
Avery Hill46
Bexley42
Blackfen41
Longlands36
Sidcup34
Falconwood31

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in 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 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 Bexley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bexley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bexley is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Abbey Wood78
2Eltham South63
3Shooters Hill60
4Bexleyheath49
5Sidcup42
6Falconwood & Welling41
7Crook Log32
8East Wickham31
9Blackfen & Lamorbey28
10Blendon & Penhill28
11West Heath25

Which road in Bexley has the highest level of crime?

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

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