Total Crime Rate
99.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pier Way area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 341st 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 Pier Way (SE28 0EP) in the last 12 months was 99.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% lower than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pier Way (SE28 0EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whinchat Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goosander Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Thamesmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardinge Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinchat Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Goosander Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goosander Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goosander Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadwater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinchat Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinchat Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinchat Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whinchat Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whinchat Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whinchat Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whinchat Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camelot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camelot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carronade Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carronade Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erebus Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardinge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hardinge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuppy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pettacre Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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