Total Crime Rate

126.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Dell area has the 30th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 265th highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Dell (SE2 0RW) in the last 12 months was 126.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Dell (SE2 0RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rockmount Road, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in The Dell area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potter Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockmount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Camrose Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camrose Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Camrose Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Camrose Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Potter Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockmount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockmount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rockmount Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rockmount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Rockmount Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rockmount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rockmount Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rockmount Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rockmount Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rockmount Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glendown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutherglen Road —
Sep 2025Public order Gatling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gatling Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Unity Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Myra Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Myra Street —

Data Sources

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