Total Crime Rate

44.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 44.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.2 5/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Argyll Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 12 local areas in Woolwich Arsenal , and the 160th lowest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Argyll Road (SE18 6XB) in the last 12 months was 44.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.9% lower than the Woolwich Arsenal average (233.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Argyll Road (SE18 6XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Duke Of Wellington Avenue, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Argyll Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erebus Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erebus Drive Under investigation
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 2025Vehicle crime Cadogan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cadogan Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cadogan Road
Sep 2025Public order Argyll Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Argyll Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Erebus Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hastings Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Of Wellington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hastings Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Of Wellington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Duke Of Wellington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Of Wellington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Duke Of Wellington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Of Wellington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carriage Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carriage Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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