Total Crime Rate
716.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hill View Drive area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Thamesmead Moorings , and the 18th highest crime rate of 771 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 Hill View Drive (SE28 0LJ) in the last 12 months was 716.9 per 1,000 residents and was 516.0% higher than the Thamesmead Moorings average (116.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 146.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill View Drive (SE28 0LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Marathon Way. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellarmine Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kentlea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Battery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marathon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Martins Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martins Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Tor View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marathon Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kentlea Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marathon Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bellarmine Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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