Borough safety · Inner London · data through June 2026

How safe is Lewisham, London?

Lewisham, London covers 19 neighbourhoods in SafeRoute's Inner London index. Its median safety index is 70/100 — above the Inner London median of 59, so a typical neighbourhood here reads safer than a typical one across Inner London. Crofton Park scores highest at 82/100; Deptford lowest at 56/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighbourhood's centre — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 7 of 19 neighbourhoods here rate low risk, 12 moderate, 0 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighbourhood in Lewisham, safest first

Neighbourhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 Crofton Park	82/100	Low risk	162
2 Grove Park	81/100	Low risk	147
3 Forest Hill	80/100	Low risk	154
4 Hither Green	77/100	Low risk	187
5 Downham	75/100	Low risk	248
6 Perry Vale	75/100	Low risk	216
7 Sydenham	75/100	Low risk	218
8 Lee Green	73/100	Moderate	304
9 Catford South	70/100	Moderate	303
10 Telegraph Hill	70/100	Moderate	264
11 Evelyn	69/100	Moderate	289
12 Bellingham	68/100	Moderate	302
13 New Cross Gate	66/100	Moderate	321
14 Brockley	65/100	Moderate	355
15 Blackheath	64/100	Moderate	467
16 Ladywell	61/100	Moderate	428
17 Rushey Green	59/100	Moderate	434
18 Lewisham Central	57/100	Moderate	528
19 Deptford	56/100	Moderate	508

How Lewisham compares across Inner London

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighbourhoods
Greenwich	79/100	23
Wandsworth	75/100	22
Lewisham (this page)	70/100	19
Hammersmith and Fulham	61/100	21
Kensington and Chelsea	59/100	18
Lambeth	56/100	25
Hackney	56/100	21
Southwark	55/100	23
Camden	55/100	20
Tower Hamlets	55/100	20
Westminster	51/100	18
Islington	48/100	17

Common questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Lewisham, London?

Crofton Park has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Lewisham, London, at 82/100 (low risk), from 162 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. Grove Park (81/100) and Forest Hill (80/100) follow.

Which neighbourhood in Lewisham, London has the most reported crime?

Deptford has the lowest index in Lewisham, London, at 56/100, with 508 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. A low score means more is reported around that centre, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is Lewisham, London safe?

Across its 19 neighbourhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 70/100, against 59 across Inner London. 7 rate low risk, 12 moderate, 0 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the borough — check the individual neighbourhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each police-recorded incident by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalises against national crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The figure shown for Lewisham, London is the median of its 19 neighbourhoods — the borough is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident published by the police (via data.police.uk, Open Government Licence) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every ward we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its centre (ONS December 2025 ward centroids), and normalise onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Incident locations are anonymised by the police to nearby snap points, so the maps show streets rather than exact addresses. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighbourhoods within Inner London. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — London's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.