East Greenwich
WardNorth west Greenwich. About 15,187 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in East Greenwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How East Greenwich compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is East Greenwich safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in East Greenwich at a rate of 108.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.6 per 1,000 people across Greenwich.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 175 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in East Greenwich.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (385), anti-social behaviour (298) and shoplifting (247).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Greenwich
These figures are published for the whole of Greenwich, not for each ward, so they describe all of Greenwich and not East Greenwich alone. See Greenwich
East Greenwich in brief
East Greenwich had 14,484 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in East Greenwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In East Greenwich, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In East Greenwich, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.