Total Crime Rate

218.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 218.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.8 10/10
  • Public order 28.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gorman Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 109th 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 Gorman Road (SE18 5SA) in the last 12 months was 218.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 119.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 107.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gorman Road (SE18 5SA), 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 Rectory Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Gorman Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lord Warwick Street
Sep 2025Drugs Belson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mast Quay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenlaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Mary Magdalene Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frances Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ogilby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rideout Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rideout Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dairy Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dairy Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woolwich Dockyard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolwich Dockyard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Belson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Maud Cashmore Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Marine Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marine Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gorman Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gorman Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Barracks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cambridge Barracks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cambridge Barracks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lamport Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lamport Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marine Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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