Total Crime Rate

104.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Drugs 20.8 10/10
  • Other theft 20.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Battery Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Thamesmead Moorings , and the 330th highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Battery Road (SE28 0JS) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower than the Thamesmead Moorings average (116.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Battery Road (SE28 0JS), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 74 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Battery Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentlea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Battery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Martins Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Martins Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Tor View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kentlea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bailey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Merbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Prison Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tor Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Merbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Merbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tugboat Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Prison Under investigation

Data Sources

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