Total Crime Rate
178.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Europe Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 153rd 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 Europe Road (SE18 5QJ) in the last 12 months was 178.4 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% higher than the Charlton Village & Riverside average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Drugs with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 280.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -13.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Europe Road (SE18 5QJ), 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 Gorman Road (19 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 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolwich Dockyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Europe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Maud Cashmore Way | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenlaw Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Mary Magdalene Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woolwich Dockyard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Europe Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Gorman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorman Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorman Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lamport Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Europe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mast Quay | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Warwick Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lord Warwick Street | β |
| 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 | Sunbury Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunbury Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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