Total Crime Rate
438.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cedar Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Charlton Hornfair , and the 34th highest crime rate of 754 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 Cedar Place (SE7 8SP) in the last 12 months was 438.8 per 1,000 residents and was 462.9% higher than the Charlton Hornfair average (78.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 233.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 122.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cedar Place (SE7 8SP), the main crime hotspot is near Linton Close. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charlton Village & Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linton Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Floyd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Floyd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Floyd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Valley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barney Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Troughton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charlton | Under investigation |
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