Total Crime Rate
377.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Terrace area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Johns Terrace (SE18 7RT) in the last 12 months was 377.6 per 1,000 residents and was 192.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Terrace (SE18 7RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manthorpe Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plumstead Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heavitree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gossage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gossage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gossage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gossage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Majendie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Majendie Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heavitree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St John'S Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heavitree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waverley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Margaret'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warwick Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vambery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Palmerston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vicarage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Palmerston Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wernbrook Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manthorpe Road | Under investigation |
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