Crime Statistics for Hither Green, London, Lewisham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hither Green in September 2024. There were a total of 1163 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hither Green, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	377
Anti Social Behaviour	131
Other Theft	111
Theft From The Person	84
Vehicle Crime	80
Shoplifting	76
Drugs	71
Public Order	65
Burglary	44
Criminal Damage Arson	44
Robbery	43
Other Crime	17
Possession Of Weapons	10
Bicycle Theft	10
All Crime	1163

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hither Green. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Hither Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
St Johns (1.63 miles)	1441
Brockley (1.87 miles)	1084
Hither Green	995
Blackheath Park (0.76 miles)	868
Catford (1.02 miles)	767
Ladywell (1.25 miles)	744
Kidbrooke (1.63 miles)	741
Blackheath (1.06 miles)	691
Greenwich (1.68 miles)	651
Horn Park (1.14 miles)	317

Where are the most violent places near Hither Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brockley	608
St Johns	460
Hither Green	377
Ladywell	245
Catford	236
Kidbrooke	217
Blackheath Park	214
Blackheath	183
Greenwich	159
Horn Park	100

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hither Green?

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 Hither Green 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 Hither Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hither Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hither Green is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Eltham West	82
2	Rushey Green	77
3	Lewisham Central	75
4	Brockley	74
5	Middle Park and Sutcliffe	69
6	Whitefoot	66
7	Blackheath	63
8	Lee Green	60
9	Ladywell	58
10	Grove Park	58
11	Catford South	52

Which road in Hither Green has the highest level of crime?

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