Crime · Lower Sydenham

Reported crime in central Lower Sydenham

Name: Lower Sydenham crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

7,583 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 107 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

7,583

Rate / 1,000

107

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	2,183	29%
Anti social behaviour	1,714	23%
Vehicle crime	842	11%
Shoplifting	545	7%
Other theft	496	7%
Public order	388	5%
Burglary	302	4%
Criminal damage and arson	296	4%
Drugs	287	4%
Robbery	187	2%
Theft from the person	179	2%
Other crime	86	1%
Possession of weapons	54	1%
Bicycle theft	24	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	171	193	193	176	140	170	169	130	227	189	232	193	2183
Anti social behaviour	140	154	114	121	135	125	115	109	175	156	201	169	1714
Vehicle crime	82	71	76	54	60	54	50	73	63	96	87	76	842
Shoplifting	46	38	56	50	38	27	69	62	66	35	31	27	545
Other theft	49	47	42	38	30	40	29	31	36	49	54	51	496
Public order	45	33	17	22	32	25	23	33	38	27	47	46	388
Burglary	22	22	32	27	31	19	22	22	19	27	27	32	302
Criminal damage and arson	33	35	46	30	51	28	25	40	1		3	4	296
Drugs	35	39	15	20	27	18	20	10	21	36	24	22	287
Robbery	24	11	16	15	10	11	17	17	20	9	13	24	187
Theft from the person	11	14	9	15	16	14	10	15	15	13	24	23	179
Other crime	9	11	13	4	9	5	6	6	7	6	3	7	86
Possession of weapons	5	4	5	6	3	8	2	4	4	6	5	2	54
Bicycle theft	4	5	3		1	1	1	1		1	4	3	24
Total	676	677	637	578	583	545	558	553	692	650	755	679	7583

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Lower Sydenham, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 70,765.