Total Crime Rate
159.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Garside 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Allenby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lenton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lenton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lenton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lenton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Foreland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pettacre Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Avocet Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Avocet Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Avocet Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Avocet Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Polthorne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pettacre Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pettacre Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southport Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southport Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pettman Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plumstead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Polthorne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinchat Road | Under investigation |
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