Total Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Frances Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 109th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Frances Street (SE18 5LB) in the last 12 months was 36.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.6% lower than the Charlton Village & Riverside average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frances Street (SE18 5LB), the main crime hotspot is near Lord Warwick Street. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 18 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 | Spindle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parish Wharf Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woolwich Dockyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Belson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brewhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ogilby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prospect Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parish Wharf Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Borgard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marshalls Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshalls Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodrow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodrow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godfrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borgard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Brewhouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Europe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Warwick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spindle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spindle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marybank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Marybank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Venus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Venus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Warwick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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