Total Crime Rate

141.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 70.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sutcliffe Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 220th highest crime rate of 754 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 Sutcliffe Road (SE18 2NF) in the last 12 months was 141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 70.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sutcliffe Road (SE18 2NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Melling Street, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bassant Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sutcliffe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bassant Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldsmid Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goldsmid Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Roydene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Roydene Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Roydene Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parkdale Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Hyde
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Hyde
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church Hyde
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heathfield Terrace
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldsmid Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malton Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Melling Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Ravine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malton Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sutcliffe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kirkham Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Melling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ravine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melling Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melling Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alabama Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melling Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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