Total Crime Rate
37.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Flamsteed Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 118th 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 Flamsteed Road (SE7 8HT) in the last 12 months was 37.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.5% lower than the Charlton Hornfair average (78.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Flamsteed Road (SE7 8HT), 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 | Cannon Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cemetery Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cemetery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cemetery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cannon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Erwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandpit Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Alfege Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpit Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpit Place | Under investigation |
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