Total Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laburnum Place area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 40 local areas in Eltham Page , and the 124th lowest crime rate of 754 local areas in Greenwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laburnum Place (SE9 1UJ) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 62.2% lower than the Eltham Page average (101.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laburnum Place (SE9 1UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodcroft Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wythens Walk (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eltham Town & Avery Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glenure Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Butterfly Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wythens Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wythens Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrews Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrews Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrews Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glenlyon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenure Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bexley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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