Total Crime Rate
73.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pettacre Close area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Plumstead & Glyndon , and the 297th 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 Pettacre Close (SE28 0PD) in the last 12 months was 73.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pettacre Close (SE28 0PD), the main crime hotspot is near Polthorne Grove. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 26 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goosander Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clendon Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erebus Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pettacre Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Jessup Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosander Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Goosander Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goosander Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carronade Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carronade Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walmer Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadwater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polthorne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Polthorne Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuppy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clendon Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardinge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardinge Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hardinge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cornwallis Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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