Crime Rate in East Greenwich, ward

East Greenwich has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Greenwich district and the 1308th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 247th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Greenwich in the last 12 months was 113.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% lower than the Greenwich district average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Greenwich’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 437 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 40.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -33.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 603 (≈ 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Greenwich ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 283 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.