An interactive map has highlighted the areas of Lewisham where crime is most prevalent according to police statistics.

The statistics, from data.police.uk are drawn from more than three million crime reports made nationally between March and August of 2021.

The data is broken down into Lower-layer Super Output Areas, knowns as LSOAs, which have are composed of approximately 1,500 residents or 650 households.

You can view the map below:

Lewisham 012F, central Catford, registered 31.43 crime reports per 100,000 residents, the most of any area in the borough.

Close behind, with 31.43 crime reports per 100,000 residents, is Lewisham 012F, which lies in Lewisham town centre.

Lewisham 012E, the area around Lewisham station, registered 27.95 crime reports per 100,000 residents.

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