Belvedere & Lessness Heath
Middle areaNorth Bexley. 10,924 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in Belvedere & Lessness Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Belvedere & Lessness Heath
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Belvedere & Lessness Heath at a rate of 108.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 334 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 219 |
| Shoplifting | 217 |
| Other crime | 167 |
| Vehicle crime | 69 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 51 |
| Burglary | 50 |
| Drug offences | 47 |
| Robbery | 22 |
| Theft from the person | 10 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Belvedere & Lessness Heath compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Belvedere & Lessness Heath safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Belvedere & Lessness Heath at a rate of 108.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 102 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Belvedere & Lessness Heath.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (334), anti-social behaviour (219) and shoplifting (217).
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 Bexley
These figures are published for the whole of Bexley, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bexley and not Belvedere & Lessness Heath alone. See Bexley
Belvedere & Lessness Heath in brief
The median price paid for a home in Belvedere & Lessness Heath was £326,750 in 2025.
Belvedere & Lessness Heath had 10,231 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in Belvedere & Lessness Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Belvedere & Lessness Heath, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.