Total Crime Rate
545.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackwall Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in East Greenwich , and the 29th highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackwall Lane (SE10 0NG) in the last 12 months was 545.6 per 1,000 residents and was 380.1% higher than the East Greenwich average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 173 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 132.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackwall Lane (SE10 0NG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 238 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rodmere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazel Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hevelius Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hevelius Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hevelius Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hazel Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hevelius Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hazel Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hazel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hazel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hevelius Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hevelius Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Armitage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twycross Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christchurch Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christchurch Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Attwood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twycross Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twycross Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twycross Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Twycross Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hevelius Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hatcliffe Street | Under investigation |
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