Total Crime Rate
72.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brookhill Close area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Plumstead Common , and the 294th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brookhill Close (SE18 6UD) in the last 12 months was 72.7 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brookhill Close (SE18 6UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Engineer Close, where police recorded 69 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Engineer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandy Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brumwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moy Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookhill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookhill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmdene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Willenhall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willenhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engineer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gildersome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunner Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightingale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woolwich New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woolwich New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Engineer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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