Crime Rate in Eltham Town & Avery Hill, ward

Eltham Town & Avery Hill has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Greenwich district and the 1007th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 213th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Eltham Town & Avery Hill in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% higher than the Greenwich district average (117.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Eltham Town & Avery Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 475 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 13 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 25.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -19.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 716 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Eltham Town & Avery Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 273 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Merlewood Place (68 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.