Total Crime Rate
427.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Mary Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 35th highest crime rate of 754 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 St Mary Street (SE18 5AP) in the last 12 months was 427.2 per 1,000 residents and was 213.6% higher than the Charlton Village & Riverside average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 154.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Mary Street (SE18 5AP), the main crime hotspot is near Castile Road. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Woolwich Dockyard| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Escreet Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castile Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Castile Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clara Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clara Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castile Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willow Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulgrave Road | Under investigation |
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