Total Crime Rate
149.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wickham Lane area has the 24th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 204th highest crime rate of 754 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 Wickham Lane (SE2 0XH) in the last 12 months was 149.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% higher than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wickham Lane (SE2 0XH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spinel Close, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rockmount Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plumstead Common| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Felspar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A206 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rutherglen Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myra 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Amardeep Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A206 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gatling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A206 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A206 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Nicholas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Felspar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felspar Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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