Crime Rates at Newmarsh Road, London, SE28 8TA

Newmarsh Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Thamesmead Moorings , and the 285th highest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newmarsh Road (SE28 8TA) in the last 12 months was 118.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newmarsh Road (SE28 8TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnham Drive (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.