Total Crime Rate

169.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 169.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tellson Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 166th highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tellson Avenue (SE18 4PD) in the last 12 months was 169.7 per 1,000 residents and was 103.0% higher than the Charlton Hornfair average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tellson Avenue (SE18 4PD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Tellson Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunyard Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forte Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berber Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Master Gunner Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Master Gunner Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Master Gunner Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Master Gunner Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Forte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curlew Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thelma Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenbay Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Curlew Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Henry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Zangwill Road —

Data Sources

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