Total Crime Rate

73.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hornfair Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 306th 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 Hornfair Road (SE7 7BG) in the last 12 months was 73.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hornfair Road (SE7 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Portway Gardens, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nigeria Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Hornfair Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grenada Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kashmir Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Henry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenbay Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hornfair Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenya Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenya Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nigeria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nigeria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nigeria Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornfair Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grenada Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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