Total Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Miriam Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 59th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Miriam Road (SE18 1RF) in the last 12 months was 24.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% lower than the Abbey Wood average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Miriam Road (SE18 1RF), the main crime hotspot is near Orchard Road. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 45 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 | Willowfields Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakedale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strandfield Close | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reidhaven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reidhaven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakedale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Strandfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ingledew Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Orchard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Tramyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mount Pleasant Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coxwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Strandfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Strandfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mount Pleasant Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ancona Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Tramyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Tramyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunning Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gunning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tewson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Tramyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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