Total Crime Rate

364.2 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 364.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 59.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.1 10/10
  • Drugs 33.1 10/10
  • Other theft 33.1 10/10
  • Burglary 26.5 10/10
  • Public order 26.5 10/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 7th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in East Greenwich , and the 46th 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 0SP) in the last 12 months was 364.2 per 1,000 residents and was 220.5% higher than the East Greenwich average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackwall Lane (SE10 0SP), the main crime hotspot is near Hazel Lane. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Blackwall Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/60)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Christchurch Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Mercers Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Schoolbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Schoolbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hevelius Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Moseley Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moseley Row —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mercers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mercers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Schoolbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lenthorp Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lenthorp Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lenthorp Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Williamson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Harriott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harriott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harriott Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Schoolbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Schoolbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Armitage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatcliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hevelius Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hevelius Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackwall Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatcliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatcliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old School Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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