West Thamesmead
WardNorth east Greenwich. About 11,346 people in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in West Thamesmead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Thamesmead compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Thamesmead safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Thamesmead at a rate of 96.8 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, 96 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Thamesmead.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (426), anti-social behaviour (177) and other crime (154).
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 West Thamesmead alone. See Greenwich
West Thamesmead in brief
West Thamesmead had 11,817 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in West Thamesmead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Thamesmead, 82.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Thamesmead, 9.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.