Total Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tawney Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Thamesmead Moorings , and the 16th 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 Tawney Road (SE28 8EF) in the last 12 months was 12.1 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tawney Road (SE28 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Attlee Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saunders Way (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Thamesmead Moorings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Saunders Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Swift Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Swift Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawney Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Saunders Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Saunders Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Austen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saunders Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Booth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Booth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tawney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tawney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tawney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolf Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterfield Close | — |
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