Total Crime Rate

100.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meridian Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 771 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 Meridian Road (SE7 8QJ) in the last 12 months was 100.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 62.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meridian Road (SE7 8QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Inigo Jones Road. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Meridian Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornfair Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenbay Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inigo Jones Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inigo Jones Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Inigo Jones Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stane Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Henry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlton Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hornfair Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kashmir Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meridian Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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