Total Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Griffin Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 365th highest crime rate of 771 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 Griffin Road (SE18 7QA) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Griffin Road (SE18 7QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southport Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chestnut Rise (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Majendie Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liffler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coxwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ingledew Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chestnut Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Durham Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heavitree Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Robert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Heavitree Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liffler Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Robert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bramblebury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuscan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coxwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southport Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Inverary Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Majendie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Majendie Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southport Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffin Road | Under investigation |
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