Total Crime Rate

545.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 545.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 322.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.2 9/10
  • Public order 41.0 10/10
  • Robbery 26.1 10/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 6/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackwall 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.

Crime Over Time in Blackwall Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Rodmere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hazel Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hevelius Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hevelius Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hevelius Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorne Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorne Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorne Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hazel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hevelius Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hazel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hazel Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hazel Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hazel Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hazel Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazel Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hevelius Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hevelius Close —
Sep 2025Public order Armitage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twycross Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Attwood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twycross Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twycross Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twycross Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Twycross Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hevelius Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twycross Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hatcliffe Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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