Elevated caution
Based on public recorded crime near Sydenham, Lewisham within 500m.
Incidents
118
Trend
rising
Confidence
High
Crime Summary
Most recent public police data available: August 2026.
Area Profile
Visitor-friendly by day, calmer in the evening, and best for stays that do not need West End proximity.
Local Policing
This point falls in the Sydenham neighbourhood, covered by the Metropolitan Police.
Current local priorities
- Drug misuse/drug dealing - Issues linked to drug related activity and the associated violence that goes with this within the ward. Including street drinking, cuckooed addresses and shoplifting.
- Anti-Social Begging on Sydenham High Street
- Theft of and from motor vehicles
Transport
Nearest rail-based stations from the TfL Unified API.
Sydenham
59m away · Southern, Windrush
Penge East
855m away · Southeastern
Penge West
1.1km away · Southern, Windrush
Forest Hill
1.4km away · Southern, Windrush
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How to Read This
Designed for travel planning, not certainty.
- Recent street-level incidents within the selected radius are weighted by category.
- Violence, robbery, weapons and burglary carry higher weight than lower-severity categories.
- A stable neighbourhood baseline from the official English Indices of Deprivation crime domain anchors the score.
- Dense central visitor areas are normalized so footfall does not automatically imply danger.
- Improving recent trend slightly lifts the score; a rising trend lowers it.
- The score is indicative and based only on public recorded crime data, not a guarantee of personal safety.
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