Total Crime Rate
259.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Mill Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 754 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 Old Mill Road (SE18 1QG) in the last 12 months was 259.7 per 1,000 residents and was 100.8% higher than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 126.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Mill Road (SE18 1QG), the main crime hotspot is near Chestnut Rise. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plumstead & Glyndon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Macoma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Roydene Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ancona Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ancona Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chestnut Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Roydene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roydene Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leghorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Hyde | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Hyde | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Hyde | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warwick Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Liffler Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Liffler Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liffler Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ancona Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuscan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heavitree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gossage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ravine Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heavitree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heavitree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gossage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gossage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravine Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountbatten Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountbatten Close | Under investigation |
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