Total Crime Rate
151.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penmon Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbey Wood , and the 198th 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 Penmon Road (SE2 9PH) in the last 12 months was 151.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penmon Road (SE2 9PH), 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.
View Crime In Abbey Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracondale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Byland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mottisfont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penmon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cookhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chalcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cookhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlemore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Byland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manister Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kentish Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brimpsfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brimpsfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pynham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pynham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manister Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bromholm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manister Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Combwell Crescent | — |
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