Total Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longmarsh Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Thamesmead Moorings , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Longmarsh Lane (SE28 0LS) in the last 12 months was 10.8 per 1,000 residents and was 90.6% lower than the Thamesmead Moorings average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longmarsh Lane (SE28 0LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bellarmine Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Thamesmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warrior Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellarmine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Murray Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crowfoot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowfoot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowfoot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hill View Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hill View Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Tor View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellarmine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thames Reach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bellarmine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellarmine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrior Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrior Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrior Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kentlea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kentlea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kentlea Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thames Reach | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Battery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thames Reach | — |
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