Total Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bevan Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bevan Road (SE2 0UT) in the last 12 months was 49.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bevan Road (SE2 0UT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Viola Avenue, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cassilda Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viola Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dianthus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smithies Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smithies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smithies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basildon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Basildon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cassilda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carnation Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Viola Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viola Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Park Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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