Total Crime Rate

321.4 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 321.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 245.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Blackheath Hill area has the 9th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Greenwich Creekside , and the 53rd 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 Blackheath Hill (SE10 8TQ) in the last 12 months was 321.4 per 1,000 residents and was 94.8% higher than the Greenwich Creekside average (165.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 263.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 154.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackheath Hill (SE10 8TQ), the main crime hotspot is near Blackheath Hill. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Blackheath Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Admiral'S Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lethbridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beechwood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Arlington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hillside Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Trinity Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silverwood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lewisham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lethbridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lethbridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lethbridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lethbridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lindsell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beechwood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blissett Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dartmouth Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Point Hill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blissett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackheath Hill Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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