Crime in DA8 2EL
How much crime is recorded in DA8 2EL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Slade Green & Crayford Marshes
- Council
- Bexley
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,505 (2024)
DA8 2ELErith
How safe is DA8 2EL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 29.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DA8 2EL area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
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).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 23% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.