Total Crime Rate

1293.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 1293.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 337.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 261.2 10/10
  • Other theft 133.8 10/10
  • Robbery 114.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 101.9 10/10
  • Public order 89.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 70.1 10/10
  • Burglary 51.0 10/10
  • Drugs 31.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Herringham Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Charlton Village & Riverside , and the 4th highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Herringham Road (SE7 8SJ) in the last 12 months was 1293.0 per 1,000 residents and was 957.9% higher than the Charlton Village & Riverside average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 541.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Herringham Road (SE7 8SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Herringham Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Herringham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Herringham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Herringham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herringham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Herringham Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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