Total Crime Rate
239.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Master Gunners Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 91st highest crime rate of 754 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 Master Gunners Place (SE18 4NW) in the last 12 months was 239.0 per 1,000 residents and was 206.6% higher than the Charlton Hornfair average (78.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 156.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 282.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Master Gunners Place (SE18 4NW), the main crime hotspot is near Shrapnel Close. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 84 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charlton Hornfair| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Inigo Jones Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mansergh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mansergh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansergh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansergh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elizabeth Fry Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Fry Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shrapnel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shrapnel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shrapnel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shrapnel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mansergh Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrapnel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Inigo Jones Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forte Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forte Street | — |
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