Total Crime Rate
302.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orissa Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 63rd 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 Orissa Road (SE18 1RQ) in the last 12 months was 302.0 per 1,000 residents and was 191.5% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 137.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orissa Road (SE18 1RQ), 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 | Theft from the person | Liffler Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Liffler Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conway Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heverham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heverham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hector Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hector Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liffler Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bebbington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hector Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hector Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Orchard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drawell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strandfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gallosson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orissa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gallosson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mount Pleasant Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bateson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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