Total Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kinveachy Gardens area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 195th 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 Kinveachy Gardens (SE7 8ED) in the last 12 months was 52.2 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Charlton Village & Riverside average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kinveachy Gardens (SE7 8ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cemetery Lane, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Thomas Mews (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charlton Village & Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cemetery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guild Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flamsteed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cannon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cannon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cannon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cannon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cannon Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cannon Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cemetery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpit Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandpit Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpit Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cemetery Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cemetery Lane | Under investigation |
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