Total Crime Rate
224.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Perpins 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.
View Crime In Eltham Town & Avery Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anstridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southspring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norfolk Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rider Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rider Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copsewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Restons Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Perpins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Perpins Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Radfield Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Arlington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alderwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alderwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alderwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alderwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alderwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Anstridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Anstridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anstridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anstridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Restons Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderwood Road | — |
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