Total Crime Rate

90.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mayplace Lane area has the 31st highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plumstead Common , and the 383rd lowest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mayplace Lane (SE18 3TS) in the last 12 months was 90.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% higher than the Plumstead Common average (80.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 29.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mayplace Lane (SE18 3TS), the main crime hotspot is near Barnfield Road. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Mayplace Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnfield Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Long Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Genesta Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Actaeon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Uplands Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elmdene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmdene Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmdene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barnfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eglinton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eglinton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eglinton Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vernham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westdale Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wrottesley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime De Haviland Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Genesta Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eglinton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnfield Road

Data Sources

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