Forest vs Sydenham

Forest has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 9,723 crimes in the last 12 months. Sydenham has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 6,623 crimes. Forest scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Forest shows a year-on-year crime trend of -0.7% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Sydenham shows +4% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Forest, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (2,282 incidents). In Sydenham, it is Violent Crime (1,659 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Forest recorded 2,282 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Sydenham recorded 1,533. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Forest totalled 2,149 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,659 in Sydenham. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Forest recorded 9,795 crimes (now 9,723, a change of -0.7%). Sydenham recorded 6,371 crimes previously (now 6,623, +4%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Forest has a resolution rate of 30.1% and Sydenham has 32.8%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Forest falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Sydenham is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Forest and Sydenham. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.