Crime Rate in Shooters Hill, ward

Shooters Hill has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Greenwich district and the 1192nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 230th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Shooters Hill in the last 12 months was 118.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower than the Greenwich district average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Shooters Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 602 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 70.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 745 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Shooters Hill ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 368 crimes here, including 223 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.