Total Crime Rate
122.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bignell Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Plumstead Common , and the 275th highest crime rate of 754 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 Bignell Road (SE18 6SB) in the last 12 months was 122.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% higher than the Plumstead Common average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bignell Road (SE18 6SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandy Hill Road, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookhill Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woolwich Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightingale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sandy Hill Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willenhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Willenhall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Masons Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sandy Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandy Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Masons Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burrage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Butterfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Masons Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Michel Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterfield Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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