Crime Statistics for Catford, London, Lewisham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Catford in September 2024. There were a total of 767 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 Catford, 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	236
Anti Social Behaviour	127
Vehicle Crime	80
Other Theft	55
Criminal Damage Arson	52
Drugs	45
Public Order	38
Theft From The Person	37
Shoplifting	33
Burglary	30
Robbery	20
Possession Of Weapons	7
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	3
All Crime	767

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 Catford. 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 Catford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brockley (1.39 miles)	1084
Hither Green (1.02 miles)	995
Honor Oak Park (1.39 miles)	941
Blackheath Park (1.75 miles)	868
Catford	767
Ladywell (0.88 miles)	744
Downham (1.39 miles)	709
Bell Green (1.39 miles)	589
Bellingham (1.39 miles)	427
Southend (1.24 miles)	339

Where are the most violent places near Catford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brockley	608
Hither Green	377
Honor Oak Park	273
Ladywell	245
Catford	236
Blackheath Park	214
Downham	201
Bell Green	174
Bellingham	99
Southend	89

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

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 Catford 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 Catford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Rushey Green	77
2	Bellingham	76
3	Lewisham Central	75
4	Penge and Cator	72
5	Sydenham	70
6	Whitefoot	66
7	Lee Green	60
8	Ladywell	58
9	Grove Park	58
10	Catford South	52
11	Crofton Park	46

Which road in Catford has the highest level of crime?

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