Contents
- Foreword to the Bexley Community Safety Partnership Strategy
- What is the Community Safety Partnership?
- Achievements from the 2022 to 2025 strategy
- Key legislation
- Joint strategic assessment 2025
- What does the JSA tell us?
- Our community
- Community safety survey results 2024
- BCSP priorities 2025 to 2028
- Principals and cross-cutting themes
- Priority 1: serious violence
- Priority 2: domestic abuse
- Priority 3: anti-social behaviour
- Priority 4: community reassurance
- Working in partnership
- Delivery plan and measuring success
- Further information
5. Joint strategic assessment 2025
The 2025 Bexley Community Safety Partnership (BCSP) Joint Strategic Assessment (JSA) provides a profile of crime and disorder in Bexley in 2024, and alongside data from the annual Bexley Community Safety Survey informs the priority setting process for the coming year.
| Offence type | 2023/24 total | 2024/25 total | Percentage change | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Notifiable Offences | 16,610 | 16,477 | -1% | Decrease |
| Arson and Criminal Damage | 1,625 | 1,649 | +1% | Increase |
| Burglary | 971 | 745 | -23% | Decrease |
| Drug Offences | 671 | 777 | +16% | Increase |
| Miscellaneous Offences against Society | 223 | 237 | +6% | Increase |
| Possession of Weapons | 117 | 85 | -27% | Decrease |
| Public Order Offences | 1,270 | 1,096 | -14% | Decrease |
| Robbery | 348 | 321 | -8% | Decrease |
| Sexual Offences | 472 | 530 | +12% | Increase |
| Theft | 3,042 | 3,666 | +21% | Increase |
| Vehicle Offences | 2,137 | 2,272 | +6% | Increase |
| Violence Against the Person | 5,734 | 5,096 | -11% | Decrease |
This is a snapshot of Total Notifiable Offences in March 2024 to February 2025, compared to the preceding March 2023 to February 2024, with the percentage change across the two years to the nearest whole number. For the full profile, see overview of Crime data