Crime Statistics for Plumstead Common, London, Greenwich, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Plumstead Common in October 2024. There were a total of 429 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	150
Anti Social Behaviour	93
Vehicle Crime	40
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Other Theft	25
Drugs	21
Public Order	20
Shoplifting	20
Robbery	10
Burglary	10
Other Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	429

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Plumstead (0.88 miles)	879
North Woolwich (1.75 miles)	688
Abbey Wood (0.88 miles)	620
Shooters Hill (1.39 miles)	577
Plumstead Common	429
Avery Hill (1.96 miles)	367
Bexleyheath (2.24 miles)	350
Bexley (1.39 miles)	260
Falconwood (1.24 miles)	159
Blackfen (1.86 miles)	154

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Abbey Wood	318
Plumstead	281
North Woolwich	213
Avery Hill	200
Plumstead Common	150
Shooters Hill	139
Bexleyheath	96
Bexley	64
Falconwood	46
Blackfen	41

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kidbrooke with Hornfair	79
2	Abbey Wood	78
3	Plumstead	72
4	Woolwich Common	72
5	Woolwich Riverside	69
6	Glyndon	62
7	Shooters Hill	60
8	Eltham North	48
9	Falconwood & Welling	41
10	East Wickham	31
11	West Heath	25

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.