Total Crime Rate
444.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Throwley Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 33rd 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 Throwley Close (SE2 9LB) in the last 12 months was 444.1 per 1,000 residents and was 328.7% 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 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 79.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Throwley Close (SE2 9LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chantry Close, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (28 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 | Drugs | Harrow Manorway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Felixstowe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thistlebrook | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thistlebrook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boxgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boxgrove Road | 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 | Vehicle crime | Ampleforth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godstow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Luffield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peterstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peterstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peterstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | 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 | Other crime | Edington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felixstowe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thistlebrook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felixstowe Road | Under investigation |
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