Total Crime Rate
245.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Well Hall Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Eltham Page , and the 86th 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 Well Hall Road (SE9 6SL) in the last 12 months was 245.6 per 1,000 residents and was 141.4% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 96.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Well Hall Road (SE9 6SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merlewood Place (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eltham Town & Avery Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pullman Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strongbow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | 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 | 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 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strongbow Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strongbow Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Strongbow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Eltham | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eltham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Strongbow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Hall Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merlewood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlewood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlewood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merlewood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merlewood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merlewood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merlewood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Merlewood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Merlewood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merlewood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merlewood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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