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 1180th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 229th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Eltham Town & Avery Hill in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% lower than the Greenwich district average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Eltham Town & Avery Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 440 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 12 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 46.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -29.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 640 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Eltham Town & Avery Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 190 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (59 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.