Total Crime Rate

160.3 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 160.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Drugs 25.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.6 10/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Philimore Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 184th 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 Philimore Close (SE18 1PN) in the last 12 months was 160.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.5% higher than the Abbey Wood average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (β‰ˆ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Philimore Close (SE18 1PN), 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 Philimore Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Plumstead High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Tramyard Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Willowfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Willowfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Willowfields Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willowfields Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Viewland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plumstead High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plumstead High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Plumstead High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Tramyard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Tramyard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Riverdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumstead High Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Philimore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strandfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tewson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tewson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strandfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Strandfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kentmere Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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