Total Crime Rate

227.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 227.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 60.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 41.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sewell Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 99th 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 Sewell Road (SE2 9DH) in the last 12 months was 227.6 per 1,000 residents and was 119.7% higher than the Abbey Wood average (103.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sewell Road (SE2 9DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Manister Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Combwell Crescent (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sewell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Penmon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Combwell Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Littlemore Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manister Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Manister Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manister Road
Apr 2026Public order Kentish Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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