Crime Rate in East Greenwich, ward

East Greenwich has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Greenwich district and the 1401st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 277th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Greenwich in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 8.6% lower than the Greenwich district average (117.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Greenwich’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 440 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 7.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 567 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Greenwich ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 179 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.