Total Crime Rate

135.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 135.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Robbery 13.2 9/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Court Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Eltham Town & Avery Hill , and the 248th highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Court Road (SE9 5NW) in the last 12 months was 135.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Court Road (SE9 5NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Merlewood Place, where police recorded 179 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Court Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Merlewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Passey Place
Sep 2025Other theft Merlewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Merlewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Merlewood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Merlewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merlewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merlewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merlewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merlewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merlewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merlewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merlewood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Merlewood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wythfield Road
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wythfield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wythfield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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