Crime Rates at The Heights, London, SE7 8JL

The Heights area has the 27th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Heights (SE7 8JL) in the last 12 months was 99.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Heights (SE7 8JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linton Close, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.