Total Crime Rate
180.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Erebus Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 153rd 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 Erebus Drive (SE28 0GH) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Erebus Drive (SE28 0GH), the main crime hotspot is near Argyll Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Thamesmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camelot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuppy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camelot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pettacre Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erebus Drive | 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 | Hardinge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hardinge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardinge Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadogan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadwater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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