Total Crime Rate

1049.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1049.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 480.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 147.4 10/10
  • Other theft 102.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 95.2 10/10
  • Public order 95.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 47.6 10/10
  • Drugs 27.2 10/10
  • Burglary 18.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Matchless Drive area has the highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Shooters Hill , and the 8th 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 Matchless Drive (SE18 4JF) in the last 12 months was 1049.9 per 1,000 residents and was 788.8% 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 212 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 260 (≈ 589.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Matchless Drive (SE18 4JF), the main crime hotspot is near Whitworth Road. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Matchless Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paget Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wellesley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Barrington Villas Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Red Lion Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ritter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ritter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ordnance Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ritter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ritter Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Woolwich Common Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitworth Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Paget Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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