Total Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brimpsfield Close area has the 26th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 214th 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 Brimpsfield Close (SE2 9LS) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brimpsfield Close (SE2 9LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blithdale Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brimpsfield Close (20 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cookhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mottisfont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smithies Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pynham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pynham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bromholm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chalcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithdale 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 | Brimpsfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brimpsfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Byland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bostall Manorway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brodrick Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smithies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bostall Manorway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bostall Manorway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penmon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smithies Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Luffield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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