Crime Statistics for Hither Green, London, Lewisham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hither Green in August 2024. There were a total of 689 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	228
Anti Social Behaviour	216
Public Order	60
Other Theft	32
Theft From The Person	31
Drugs	26
Burglary	21
Shoplifting	21
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Vehicle Crime	11
Robbery	11
Bicycle Theft	6
Other Crime	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	689

Map of street level crime incidents in August 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
Blackheath Park (0.76 miles)	868
St Johns (1.63 miles)	832
Greenwich (1.68 miles)	704
Blackheath (1.06 miles)	691
Hither Green	689
Catford (1.02 miles)	664
Ladywell (1.25 miles)	605
Brockley (1.87 miles)	577
Kidbrooke (1.63 miles)	497
Horn Park (1.14 miles)	204

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
St Johns	242
Greenwich	231
Hither Green	228
Blackheath Park	214
Catford	204
Brockley	186
Blackheath	183
Ladywell	170
Kidbrooke	168
Horn Park	69

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 this marker.