Total Crime Rate

137.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 137.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 30.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Drugs 17.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rutherglen Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 227th 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 Rutherglen Road (SE2 0XU) in the last 12 months was 137.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rutherglen Road (SE2 0XU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glendown Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gatling Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rutherglen Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brickfield Cottages —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Woodbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Old Park Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Potter Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Potter Close —
Apr 2026Public order Villacourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Villacourt Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Villacourt Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Villacourt Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alliance Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Rutherglen Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gatling Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Doebury Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Radnor Crescent —
Apr 2026Public order Brickfield Cottages Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Doebury Walk —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wickham Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Doebury Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doebury Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glendown Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sandycroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandycroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandycroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wickham Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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