Beckenham Hill
Middle areaSouth Lewisham. 7,328 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in Beckenham Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Beckenham Hill
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Beckenham Hill at a rate of 119.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 122.7 per 1,000 people across Lewisham.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 288 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 186 |
| Other crime | 131 |
| Vehicle crime | 86 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 46 |
| Drug offences | 40 |
| Burglary | 28 |
| Shoplifting | 26 |
| Theft from the person | 24 |
| Robbery | 20 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Beckenham Hill compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Beckenham Hill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Beckenham Hill at a rate of 119.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 122.7 per 1,000 people across Lewisham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 73 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Beckenham Hill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (288), anti-social behaviour (186) and other crime (131).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Lewisham
These figures are published for the whole of Lewisham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Lewisham and not Beckenham Hill alone. See Lewisham
Beckenham Hill in brief
The median price paid for a home in Beckenham Hill was £330,000 in 2025.
Beckenham Hill had 7,536 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Beckenham Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Beckenham Hill, 74.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.