Total Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ridgebrook Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Eltham Page , and the 196th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ridgebrook Road (SE3 9QL) in the last 12 months was 52.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.7% lower than the Eltham Page average (101.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ridgebrook Road (SE3 9QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Periton Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayfield Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eltham Page| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merifield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Highbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lynsted Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lynsted Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Briset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhaven Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carnbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carnbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halsbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgeworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tilbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merifield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merifield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farnaby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farnaby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Periton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birdbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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