Total Crime Rate
365.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Plumstead High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 45th highest crime rate of 771 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 Plumstead High Street (SE18 1SA) in the last 12 months was 365.7 per 1,000 residents and was 247.9% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 142.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plumstead High Street (SE18 1SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orchard Road, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prison (91 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plumstead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Manor Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pettman Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Orchard Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Orchard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Orchard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Foreland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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