Crime Statistics for Hither Green, London, Lewisham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hither Green in October 2024. There were a total of 1387 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	466
Anti Social Behaviour	176
Vehicle Crime	112
Public Order	104
Other Theft	101
Theft From The Person	92
Drugs	84
Criminal Damage Arson	71
Shoplifting	71
Robbery	48
Burglary	28
Bicycle Theft	20
Other Crime	12
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	1387

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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
Greenwich (1.68 miles)	1382
Hither Green	1181
St Johns (1.63 miles)	1115
Brockley (1.87 miles)	921
Catford (1.02 miles)	779
Ladywell (1.25 miles)	769
Blackheath (1.06 miles)	752
Horn Park (1.14 miles)	464
Blackheath Park (0.76 miles)	427
Kidbrooke (1.63 miles)	392

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
Greenwich	656
Hither Green	466
Catford	327
St Johns	267
Brockley	255
Ladywell	234
Blackheath	177
Horn Park	143
Kidbrooke	87
Blackheath Park	86

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.