Plumstead Common
WardEast Greenwich. About 15,457 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 19% of people in Plumstead Common live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Plumstead Common compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Plumstead Common safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Plumstead Common at a rate of 111.6 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, 160 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Plumstead Common.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (468), anti-social behaviour (448) and vehicle crime (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 Plumstead Common alone. See Greenwich
Plumstead Common in brief
Plumstead Common had 15,167 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in Plumstead Common live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Plumstead Common, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Plumstead Common, 7.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.