Total Crime Rate
266.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Colomb Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in East Greenwich , and the 81st highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colomb Street (SE10 9EZ) in the last 12 months was 266.7 per 1,000 residents and was 134.6% higher than the East Greenwich average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (β 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colomb Street (SE10 9EZ), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hazel Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Conley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands Park Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Flavell Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flavell Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flavell Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazel Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyndale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Calvert Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Annandale Road | β |
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