Total Crime Rate
1122.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
451.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sowerby Close area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Eltham Page , and the 7th 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 Sowerby Close (SE9 6HB) in the last 12 months was 1122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1003.1% higher than the Eltham Page average (101.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 92 (≈ 451.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sowerby Close (SE9 6HB), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eltham Town & Avery Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilburne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wythfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strongbow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Strongbow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Strongbow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strongbow Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strongbow Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wythfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lassa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pullman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pullman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lassa Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lassa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sowerby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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