Total Crime Rate
196.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhurst Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 131st highest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodhurst Road (SE2 9HT) in the last 12 months was 196.8 per 1,000 residents and was 89.9% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhurst Road (SE2 9HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Manorway, where police recorded 72 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.
View Crime In Abbey Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Myra Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Manorway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bendmore Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cassilda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Basildon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basildon 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Manorway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Manorway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Manorway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Manorway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myra Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Combwell Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodhurst Road | Under investigation |
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