Crime Rates at Melthorpe Gardens, London, SE3 8EJ

Melthorpe Gardens area has the 17th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 271st highest crime rate of 771 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 Melthorpe Gardens (SE3 8EJ) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.5% higher than the Charlton Hornfair average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melthorpe Gardens (SE3 8EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.