Total Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Copse Close area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 333rd 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 Copse Close (SE7 7HD) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the Charlton Hornfair average (78.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Copse Close (SE7 7HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rectory Field Crescent, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairlawn (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charlton Hornfair| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassendean Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Field Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leila Parnell Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairlawn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fairlawn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mascalls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mascalls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mascalls Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Field Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rectory Field Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rectory Field Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rectory Field Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Field Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cherry Orchard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bramhope Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lizban Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassendean Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hassendean Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hassendean Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lizban Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hassendean Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Copse Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Birches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Littlecombe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecombe | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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