Total Crime Rate
250.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Myrtledene Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 84th 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 Myrtledene Road (SE2 0EU) in the last 12 months was 250.7 per 1,000 residents and was 141.9% higher than the Abbey Wood average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 113.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Myrtledene Road (SE2 0EU), the main crime hotspot is near Camrose Street. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camrose Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Basildon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bendmore Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cassilda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basildon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myra Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Park Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camrose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myra Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodhurst Road | Under investigation |
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