Crime Rate in Abbey Wood, ward

Abbey Wood has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Greenwich district and the 1520th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 304th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Abbey Wood in the last 12 months was 104.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% lower than the Greenwich district average (117.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Abbey Wood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 564 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -34.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 738 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Abbey Wood ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Wilton Road. Police recorded 175 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.