Postcode · Bexley
Crime in DA5 1PU
How much crime is recorded in DA5 1PU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bexley Village
- Council
- Bexley
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,693 (2024)
DA5 1PUBexley
How safe is DA5 1PU
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DA5 1PU area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
DA5 1PUNational
Burglary12.39.1
Vehicle crime7.83.5
Violence and sexual offences6.123.6
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Drugs2.32.4
Criminal damage and arson1.44.7
Public order1.04.6
Other theft0.94.5
Robbery0.51.4
Shoplifting0.58.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.