Total Crime Rate
212.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Saunders Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 114th highest crime rate of 754 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 Saunders Road (SE18 1NT) in the last 12 months was 212.8 per 1,000 residents and was 105.4% higher than the Abbey Wood average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 134.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Saunders Road (SE18 1NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumstead High Street, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plumstead & Glyndon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Felspar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plumstead High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Plumstead High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plumstead High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plumstead High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plumstead High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drawell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strandfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Strandfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Strandfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Strandfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Strandfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Strandfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Strandfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benares Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benares Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Nicholas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Saunders Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saunders Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Riverdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tynemouth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
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