Total Crime Rate
169.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Herbert Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Shooters Hill , and the 168th 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 Herbert Road (SE18 3PU) in the last 12 months was 169.5 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% higher than the Shooters Hill average (118.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 210.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Herbert Road (SE18 3PU), the main crime hotspot is near Eglinton Hill. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nightingale Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Paget Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Paget Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildersome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Long Walk | Under investigation |
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