Crime Rates at Sunbury Street, London, SE18 5LU

Sunbury Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sunbury Street (SE18 5LU) in the last 12 months was 274.6 per 1,000 residents and was 101.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 109.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sunbury Street (SE18 5LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cambridge Barracks Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rectory Place (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.