Total Crime Rate
184.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leda Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 146th 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 Leda Road (SE18 5AB) in the last 12 months was 184.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% higher than the Charlton Village & Riverside average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leda Road (SE18 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lord Warwick Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowling Green Row (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Warwick Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lamport Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowling Green Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lamport Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Europe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marshalls Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshalls Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woolwich Dockyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolwich Dockyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Maud Cashmore Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carr Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Europe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Venus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Warwick Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Warwick Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lord Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spindle Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spindle Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolwich Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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