Total Crime Rate

8.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 8.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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 lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Eltham Town & Avery Hill , and the 10th lowest crime rate of 771 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 Alderwood Road (SE9 2LD) in the last 12 months was 8.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.9% lower 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2023.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ).

In the area around Alderwood Road (SE9 2LD), 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 (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avery Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Packmores Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copsewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parish Gate Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parish Gate Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Restons Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Perpins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Perpins Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rainham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Copsewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Radfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Anstridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anstridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anstridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Restons Crescent —
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Data Sources

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