Total Crime Rate
9.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairthorn Road area has the lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in East Greenwich , and the 10th lowest crime rate of 754 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 Fairthorn Road (SE7 7FX) in the last 12 months was 9.7 per 1,000 residents and was 91.0% lower than the East Greenwich average (108.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 1 (≈ 1.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairthorn Road (SE7 7FX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowen Drive (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Greenwich Peninsula| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peninsular Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernard Ashley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernard Ashley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bernard Ashley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandtoft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandtoft Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bowen Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowen Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowen Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastcombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rainton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairthorn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felltram Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felltram Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Eastcombe Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farmdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peninsular Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peninsular Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Westcombe Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westcombe Park | Under investigation |
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