Total Crime Rate
119.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carnation Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 282nd highest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carnation Street (SE2 0UZ) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% higher than the Abbey Wood average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carnation Street (SE2 0UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blithdale Road, where police recorded 35 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 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viola Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carnation Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dianthus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basildon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smithies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smithies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viola Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Viola Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cassilda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brodrick Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Basildon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smithies Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bendmore Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Park Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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