Total Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ampleforth Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 328th lowest 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 Ampleforth Road (SE2 9BQ) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 28.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ampleforth Road (SE2 9BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Tavy Bridge. Police recorded 154 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Owen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Owen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godstow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godstow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godstow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Godstow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tavy Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Owen Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavy Bridge | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tavy Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavy Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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