Total Crime Rate

24.1 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 24.1 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tawney Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Thamesmead Moorings , and the 71st lowest crime rate of 771 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 24.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.3% lower than the Thamesmead Moorings average (116.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tawney Road (SE28 8EF), the main crime hotspot is near Attlee Road. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Tawney Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Holt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saunders Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tawney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Swift Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Swift Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterfield Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterfield Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Galsworthy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clock Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tawney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clock Tower Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clock Tower Mews —
Sep 2025Other theft Meadowford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowford Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southwood Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolf Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tawney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attlee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attlee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Attlee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Attlee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Attlee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Attlee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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