Total Crime Rate

339.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 339.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 134.9 10/10
  • Drugs 55.8 10/10
  • Other theft 23.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 23.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 18.6 6/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Robbery 9.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • 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

Caravel Mews area has the 8th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Greenwich Creekside , and the 50th 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 Caravel Mews (SE8 3HB) in the last 12 months was 339.5 per 1,000 residents and was 105.8% higher than the Greenwich Creekside average (165.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 162.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caravel Mews (SE8 3HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grinling Place, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hyde Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Caravel Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Borthwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brig Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ffinch Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lamerton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamerton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grinling Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grinling Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henrietta Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharf Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grinling Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borthwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brig Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borthwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stowage Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Carrick Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Borthwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Frigate Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Borthwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Czar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Borthwick Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Borthwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armada Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mary Ann Buildings
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ffinch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wharf Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trevithick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Benbow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beech Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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