Total Crime Rate
42.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nightingale Place area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plumstead Common , and the 153rd lowest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Place (SE18 4HW) in the last 12 months was 42.3 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nightingale Place (SE18 4HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brookhill Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eglinton Hill (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Willenhall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeves Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eglinton Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eglinton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildersome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gildersome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Actaeon Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Uplands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brookhill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Plumstead Common Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead Common Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead Common Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Willenhall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peace Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nightingale Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peace Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Walk | Under investigation |
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