Total Crime Rate
88.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Saunders Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 373rd lowest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Saunders Road (SE18 1NU) in the last 12 months was 88.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower than the Abbey Wood average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 149.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Saunders Road (SE18 1NU), 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 Police Station (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Strandfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quilter Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Riverdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Speranza Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Speranza Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Speranza Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rippolson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Felspar Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Nicholas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Nicholas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Nicholas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grosmont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grosmont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A206 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceres Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A206 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A206 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A206 | Under investigation |
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