Total Crime Rate

224.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

77.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 224.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 77.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.0 10/10
  • Drugs 27.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Perpins Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Eltham Town & Avery Hill , and the 104th 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 Perpins Road (SE9 2LF) in the last 12 months was 224.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.6% higher than the Eltham Town & Avery Hill average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Perpins Road (SE9 2LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anstridge Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alderwood Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Perpins Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Anstridge Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southspring Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Norfolk Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rider Close
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rider Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkland Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkland Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copsewood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Restons Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Perpins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Perpins Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Radfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Arlington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alderwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alderwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Alderwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Alderwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Alderwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Alderwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Anstridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Anstridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Anstridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anstridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Restons Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alderwood Road

Data Sources

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