Total Crime Rate
136.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Galsworthy Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Thamesmead Moorings , and the 231st highest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Galsworthy Close (SE28 8DB) in the last 12 months was 136.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher than the Thamesmead Moorings average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Galsworthy Close (SE28 8DB), the main crime hotspot is near Booth Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Thamesmead Moorings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Austen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sorrel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shaw Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Booth Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Booth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Booth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sorrel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Booth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Booth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sorrel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A2041 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2041 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2041 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2041 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2041 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2041 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolf Close | Under investigation |
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