Crime · Penge

Reported crime in central Penge

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

6,792 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 114 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

6,792

Rate / 1,000

114

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	1,756	26%
Anti social behaviour	1,465	22%
Vehicle crime	738	11%
Shoplifting	589	9%
Other theft	442	7%
Public order	396	6%
Criminal damage and arson	355	5%
Drugs	281	4%
Burglary	265	4%
Theft from the person	173	3%
Robbery	164	2%
Other crime	83	1%
Possession of weapons	44	1%
Bicycle theft	41	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	164	141	135	146	137	142	117	158	139	126	188	163	1756
Anti social behaviour	121	129	134	128	111	109	109	125	94	111	151	143	1465
Vehicle crime	72	81	73	58	56	40	40	54	48	70	67	79	738
Shoplifting	43	68	58	46	63	48	47	29	49	44	60	34	589
Other theft	49	36	49	46	35	39	30	27	31	26	32	42	442
Public order	54	33	36	34	23	26	25	26	24	29	46	40	396
Criminal damage and arson	56	39	32	32	30	35	34	26	26	42	1	2	355
Drugs	34	19	30	29	19	28	27	19	14	13	20	29	281
Burglary	20	25	16	21	36	19	27	21	21	18	21	20	265
Theft from the person	13	15	15	11	19	17	12	9	10	15	10	27	173
Robbery	19	12	20	10	17	14	16	9	10	13	14	10	164
Other crime	6	6	6	13	12	8	8	8	2	3	7	4	83
Possession of weapons	1	1	5	4	3	5	2	10	2	5	1	5	44
Bicycle theft	4	5	8	8	1	1	3		4	4		3	41
Total	656	610	617	586	562	531	497	521	474	519	618	601	6792

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Penge, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 59,840.