Total Crime Rate
1408.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bugsbys Way area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in East Greenwich , and the 3rd 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 Bugsbys Way (SE10 0QJ) in the last 12 months was 1408.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1139.4% higher than the East Greenwich average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 351 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 54.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -34.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 458 (≈ 455.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bugsbys Way (SE10 0QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Commercial Way. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In East Greenwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackwall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Schoolbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Schoolbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Schoolbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Schoolbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Schoolbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | School Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Child Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Marlton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fingal Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Denford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Commercial Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Commercial Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Marlton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lenthorp Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lenthorp Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moseley Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moseley Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lenthorp Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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