Total Crime Rate

377.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.9 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 377.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 160.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 76.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 49.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Drugs 28.0 10/10
  • Burglary 21.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Robbery 14.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Johns Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Heavitree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gossage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gossage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gossage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gossage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Majendie Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Majendie Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heavitree Close
Apr 2026Theft from the person St John'S Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heavitree Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Waverley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waverley Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burwash Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Margaret'S Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Margaret'S Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Warwick Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St John'S Terrace
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vambery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Palmerston Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coupland Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Palmerston Crescent
Apr 2026Drugs Palmerston Crescent Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wernbrook Street
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Manthorpe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Manthorpe Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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