Total Crime Rate
100.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Embry Road 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 Embry Road (SE9 6BT) 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 Embry Road (SE9 6BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Astell Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Embry Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Astell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Astell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Astell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Astell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Astell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townsend Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kimbell Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kimbell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kimbell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimbell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Embry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Embry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyd Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealdham Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ealdham Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyd Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boyd Way | Under investigation |
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