Crime Rates at Southwood Road, London, SE9 3QT

Southwood Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham , and the 221st 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 Southwood Road (SE9 3QT) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower than the Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwood Road (SE9 3QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bercta Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.