Total Crime Rate

223.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

80.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 223.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 80.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Other theft 27.0 10/10
  • Public order 24.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Robbery 13.5 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 8/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Plumstead Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 106th highest 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 Plumstead Road (SE18 7DY) in the last 12 months was 223.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% higher than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 80.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plumstead Road (SE18 7DY), the main crime hotspot is near Orchard Road. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Plumstead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goosander Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mount Pleasant Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mount Pleasant Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Polthorne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Polthorne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clendon Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clendon Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Robert Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Orchard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walmer Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Coxwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Southport Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southport Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southport Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Griffin Manor Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Griffin Manor Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Griffin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Griffin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pettman Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Pettman Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Pettman Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pettman Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Walmer Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mount Pleasant Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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