Total Crime Rate

298.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 298.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 121.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 65.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Robbery 20.5 10/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackheath Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Greenwich Creekside , and the 64th highest crime rate of 754 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 Blackheath Road (SE10 8EE) in the last 12 months was 298.5 per 1,000 residents and was 110.8% higher than the Greenwich Creekside average (141.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackheath Road (SE10 8EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackheath Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vanguard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Merryweather Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crosslet Vale —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Crosslet Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Merryweather Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Merryweather Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Merryweather Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryweather Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryweather Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryweather Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Catherine Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Blackheath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Egerton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashburnham Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Merryweather Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deptford Bridge Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Deptford Bridge Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beck Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vanguard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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