Total Crime Rate

159.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 159.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Garside Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 185th highest crime rate of 771 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 Garside Close (SE28 0EX) in the last 12 months was 159.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% higher than the Plumstead & Glyndon average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 82.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 277.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garside Close (SE28 0EX), the main crime hotspot is near Plumstead. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Garside Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Allenby Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lenton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lenton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lenton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lenton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Foreland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pettacre Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Avocet Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Avocet Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Avocet Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station —
Sep 2025Burglary Avocet Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Polthorne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pettacre Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pettacre Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southport Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southport Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumstead Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pettman Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plumstead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumstead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumstead Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumstead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polthorne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goosander Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whinchat Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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