Total Crime Rate

211.5 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 211.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Other theft 23.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.1 10/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Alderwood Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Eltham Town & Avery Hill , and the 111th 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 Alderwood Road (SE9 2LB) in the last 12 months was 211.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% higher than the Eltham Town & Avery Hill average (118.5 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alderwood Road (SE9 2LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alderwood Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anstridge Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Alderwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Restons Crescent —
Sep 2025Burglary Perpins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rennets Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rainham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Perpins Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Packmores Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Radfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avery Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Restons Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parish Gate Drive —
Sep 2025Drugs Parish Gate Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anstridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anstridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Anstridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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