Total Crime Rate
140.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New Warren Lane area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 12 local areas in Woolwich Arsenal , and the 223rd 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 New Warren Lane (SE18 6NG) in the last 12 months was 140.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% lower than the Woolwich Arsenal average (243.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Warren Lane (SE18 6NG), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Creton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Terminal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolwich | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woolwich | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolwich | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Major Draper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Major Draper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Major Draper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Major Draper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Major Draper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Spray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Taylor'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Taylor'S Buildings | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Taylor'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Taylor'S Buildings | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Taylor'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Taylor'S Buildings | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor'S Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor'S Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor'S Buildings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woolwich Arsenal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woolwich Arsenal | Under investigation |
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