Total Crime Rate

130.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

76.6 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 130.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 76.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gerda Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham , and the 251st 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 Gerda Road (SE9 3SW) in the last 12 months was 130.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% higher than the Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 76.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gerda Road (SE9 3SW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gerda Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colyer Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clayfarm Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cedric Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gaitskell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gaitskell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lannoy Road —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bishops Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bishops Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Novar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Novar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Novar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gaitskell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chanctonbury Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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