Total Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Will Crooks Gardens area has the 19th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Eltham Page , and the 362nd lowest 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 Will Crooks Gardens (SE9 6HZ) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% lower than the Eltham Page average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Will Crooks Gardens (SE9 6HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knockholt Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purneys Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsholm Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsholm Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsholm Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsholm Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kingsholm Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brenley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brenley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynsted Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jacks Acre Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pinnell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Forster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nesbit Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shawbrooke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purneys Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsholm Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Periton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Topley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Periton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knockholt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ealdham Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealdham Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Periton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Periton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Periton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Periton Road | β |
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