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 992nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 211th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Eltham Town & Avery Hill in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% higher than the Greenwich district average (117.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Eltham Town & Avery Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 482 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 15 cases , up 15.4% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 29.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -17.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 714 (≈ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Eltham Town & Avery Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 261 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Merlewood Place (69 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.