Crime Statistics for Plumstead Common, London, Greenwich, 2024

Is Plumstead Common rough? This is our street level crime rate statistics overview for December 2024. There were a total of 581 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Plumstead Common, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime186
Anti Social Behaviour116
Vehicle Crime61
Other Theft52
Criminal Damage Arson40
Public Order36
Burglary32
Drugs20
Robbery14
Theft From The Person8
Shoplifting8
Other Crime6
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime581

Map of street level crime incidents in December 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Plumstead Common. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Plumstead Common

We've taken the ten nearest places to Plumstead Common and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Plumstead Common has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Plumstead (0.88 miles)667
North Woolwich (1.75 miles)562
Plumstead Common499
Abbey Wood (0.88 miles)426
Shooters Hill (1.39 miles)279
Bexleyheath (2.24 miles)269
Bexley (1.39 miles)220
Avery Hill (1.96 miles)211
Blackfen (1.86 miles)197
Falconwood (1.24 miles)154

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of residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Plumstead Common?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Plumstead Common and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Plumstead216
Plumstead Common186
North Woolwich182
Abbey Wood143
Shooters Hill84
Bexleyheath75
Blackfen68
Avery Hill61
Bexley42
Falconwood42

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Plumstead Common?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Plumstead Common to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Plumstead Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Plumstead Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Plumstead Common is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Kidbrooke with Hornfair79
2Abbey Wood78
3Plumstead72
4Woolwich Common72
5Woolwich Riverside69
6Glyndon62
7Shooters Hill60
8Eltham North48
9Falconwood & Welling41
10East Wickham31
11West Heath25

Which road in Plumstead Common has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Plumstead Common with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Swingate Lane.

Last updated: December 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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