Total Crime Rate

100.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.2 8/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Meadowside area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Blackheath Westcombe , and the 341st highest crime rate of 771 local areas in Greenwich .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadowside (SE9 6BS) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% higher than the Blackheath Westcombe average (85.6 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 Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 220.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 220.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadowside (SE9 6BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Astell Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westhorne Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Meadowside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyd Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Boyd Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyd Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ealdham Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ealdham Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Embry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Embry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kimbell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kimbell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Kimbell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kimbell Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townsend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Astell Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Astell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Astell Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Astell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Astell Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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