Total Crime Rate

130.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 130.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Combe Avenue area has the 24th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Blackheath Westcombe , and the 256th highest crime rate of 771 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 Combe Avenue (SE3 7PZ) in the last 12 months was 130.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% higher than the Blackheath Westcombe average (85.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Combe Avenue (SE3 7PZ), the main crime hotspot is near Wycherley Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Combe Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Combe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vanbrugh Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westcombe Park Road
Sep 2025Burglary Westcombe Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcombe Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycherley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wycherley Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vanbrugh Park Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyndale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Vanbrugh Park Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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