Total Crime Rate

98.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.6 8/10
  • Burglary 37.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 34.0 6/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.4 5/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Duke Of Wellington Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 12 local areas in Woolwich Arsenal , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Duke Of Wellington Avenue (SE18 6DP) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.4% lower than the Woolwich Arsenal average (243.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Duke Of Wellington Avenue (SE18 6DP), the main crime hotspot is near Murrays Yard. Police recorded 305 crimes here, including 102 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Duke Of Wellington Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/106)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thomas Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murrays Yard —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thomas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thomas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thomas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Thomas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Thomas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Thomas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thomas Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thomas Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thomas Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Macbean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murrays Yard —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murrays Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murrays Yard —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Murrays Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Duke Of Wellington Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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