Total Crime Rate

121.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 121.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Drugs 21.6 10/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rectory Field Crescent area has the 19th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 282nd 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 Rectory Field Crescent (SE7 7EP) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (β‰ˆ 45.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Field Crescent (SE7 7EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cherry Orchard, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairlawn (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rectory Field Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lizban Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Leila Parnell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Orchard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mascalls Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rectory Field Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rectory Field Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Field Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Russell Close β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Russell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fairlawn Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leila Parnell Place β€”
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fairlawn Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leila Parnell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Charlton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leila Parnell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charlton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lizban Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Lane β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastbrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chichester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leila Parnell Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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