Total Crime Rate

76.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 56.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nightingale 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.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kempt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westdale Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paget Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Herbert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ripon Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ripon Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Actaeon Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Willenhall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmdene Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westdale Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eglinton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brookhill Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brookhill Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Brookhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Brookhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookhill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rolfe Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willenhall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eglinton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ritter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gildersome Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Eglinton Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fennell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gildersome Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gildersome Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spearman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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