Total Crime Rate

319.0 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 319.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 175.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.7 10/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Kentmere Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 54th 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 Kentmere Road (SE18 1DL) in the last 12 months was 319.0 per 1,000 residents and was 203.5% higher than the Abbey Wood average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 204.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kentmere Road (SE18 1DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumstead High Street, where police recorded 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kentmere Road (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Kentmere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/73)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bannockburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bannockburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bannockburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bannockburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bannockburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willowfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Tramyard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Willowfields Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Willowfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Willowfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order White Hart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tewson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barth Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Tramyard Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kentmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gunning Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentmere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strandfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Strandfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strandfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Tramyard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strandfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartville Road —
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Data Sources

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