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Postcode district · Bexleyheath

Crime in DA6

How much crime is recorded in DA6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Bexley
Region
London
Population
21,544 (2024)
Crime

How safe is DA6

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 30.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in DA6, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
30.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
77
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

DA6National
Violence and sexual offences21.323.6
Anti-social behaviour17.410.7
Shoplifting14.18.4
Burglary11.59.1
Public order5.84.6
Other theft4.34.5
Drugs4.02.4
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Theft from the person3.02.1
Robbery2.61.4
Other crime1.11.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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