Total Crime Rate

153.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 153.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Drugs 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Armstrong Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 12 local areas in Woolwich Arsenal , and the 197th highest crime rate of 771 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 Armstrong Road (SE18 6RS) in the last 12 months was 153.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% lower than the Woolwich Arsenal average (233.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Armstrong Road (SE18 6RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hastings Street, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Place (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Armstrong Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pettacre Close —
Sep 2025Public order Pier Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Polthorne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Polthorne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pettacre Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Allenby Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allenby Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carronade Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chamberlain Close —
Sep 2025Public order Polthorne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chamberlain Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chamberlain Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pettacre Close —
Sep 2025Public order Polthorne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Polthorne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cadogan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erebus Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erebus Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Erebus Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Erebus Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardinge Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hardinge Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cadogan Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polthorne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cadogan Road —
Sep 2025Public order Argyll Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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