Total Crime Rate
520.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Engineers Row area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Plumstead Common , and the 27th 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 Engineers Row (SE18 6JS) in the last 12 months was 520.7 per 1,000 residents and was 513.2% higher than the Plumstead Common average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Engineers Row (SE18 6JS), 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.
View Crime In Woolwich Arsenal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charles Grinling Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woolwich New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolwich New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greens End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greens End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greens End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greens End | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolwich New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrays Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrays Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrays Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrays Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrays Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrays Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrays Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmount Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilmount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmount Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmount Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmount Street | — |
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