Total Crime Rate

136.2 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 136.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.4 9/10
  • Drugs 19.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rectory Place area has the 28th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rectory Place (SE18 5DE) in the last 12 months was 136.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (β‰ˆ 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Place (SE18 5DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellington Street, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rectory Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sunbury Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marine Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Bathway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenlaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Mary Magdalene Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marine Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Castile Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marine Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lamport Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lamport Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Belford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Belford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belford Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Barracks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cambridge Barracks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Barracks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gorman Road β€”

Data Sources

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