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Crime · Blackheath
Reported crime in Blackheath
2,022 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 113 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,022
Rate / 1,000
113
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 835 | 41% |
| Shoplifting | 429 | 21% |
| Vehicle crime | 127 | 6% |
| Public order | 123 | 6% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 113 | 6% |
| Other theft | 98 | 5% |
| Burglary | 68 | 3% |
| Anti social behaviour | 53 | 3% |
| Drugs | 49 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 47 | 2% |
| Robbery | 37 | 2% |
| Other crime | 35 | 2% |
| Theft from the person | 6 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 72 | 64 | 68 | 78 | 60 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 82 | 65 | 76 | 62 | 835 |
| Shoplifting | 39 | 39 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 38 | 53 | 45 | 429 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 127 |
| Public order | 15 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 123 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 113 |
| Other theft | 10 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 98 |
| Burglary | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 68 | |
| Anti social behaviour | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 53 |
| Drugs | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 49 | |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 47 |
| Robbery | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 37 | |
| Other crime | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 35 | |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 166 | 160 | 145 | 200 | 153 | 136 | 167 | 159 | 186 | 179 | 204 | 167 | 2022 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Blackheath, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 17,909.