Total Crime Rate
278.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Memess Path area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Shooters Hill , and the 70th 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 Memess Path (SE18 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 278.2 per 1,000 residents and was 135.5% higher than the Shooters Hill average (118.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Memess Path (SE18 4EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Engineer Close, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fennell Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Jackson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nightingale Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Engineer Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Engineer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Engineer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ritter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eglinton Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eglinton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brookhill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brookhill Road | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildersome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildersome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spearman Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
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