Total Crime Rate
398.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nile Path area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Shooters Hill , and the 38th 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 Nile Path (SE18 4DP) in the last 12 months was 398.5 per 1,000 residents and was 227.9% higher than the Shooters Hill average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nile Path (SE18 4DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Engineer Close, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gildersome Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woolwich Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Academy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildersome Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eglinton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightingale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paget Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunner Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Engineer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engineer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engineer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engineer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ritter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kempt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spearman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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