Total Crime Rate
76.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nightingale Place area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 15 local areas in Shooters Hill , and the 312th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Place (SE18 4HE) in the last 12 months was 76.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% lower than the Shooters Hill average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 140.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nightingale Place (SE18 4HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Engineer Close, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookhill Road (39 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 | Vehicle crime | Kempt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ripon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ripon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Actaeon Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Willenhall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmdene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookhill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookhill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rolfe Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willenhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eglinton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ritter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eglinton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildersome Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spearman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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