Crime Rate in Abbey Wood, ward

Abbey Wood has the 12th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Greenwich district and the 1584th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 294th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Abbey Wood in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% lower than the Greenwich district average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Abbey Wood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 512 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , down -41.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 22.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 709 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Abbey Wood ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Wilton Road. Police recorded 166 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.