Abbey Wood vs Beckton

Abbey Wood has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 5,568 crimes in the last 12 months. Beckton has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 4,509 crimes. Abbey Wood scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Abbey Wood shows a year-on-year crime trend of -2.1% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Beckton shows +0.9% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Abbey Wood, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,589 incidents). In Beckton, it is Violent Crime (1,193 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Abbey Wood recorded 1,279 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Beckton recorded 745. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Abbey Wood totalled 1,589 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,193 in Beckton. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Abbey Wood recorded 5,687 crimes (now 5,568, a change of -2.1%). Beckton recorded 4,471 crimes previously (now 4,509, +0.9%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Abbey Wood has a resolution rate of 29.3% and Beckton has 26.1%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Abbey Wood falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Beckton is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Abbey Wood and Beckton. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.