Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham: your neighbourhood
Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.
What stands out here?
Homes rented privately: 13% here, compared with 26% across Greenwich (12.9 percentage points lower).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 35.2% here, compared with 45.7% across Greenwich (10.5 percentage points lower).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 25% here, compared with 31% across Greenwich (6.4 percentage points lower).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
21 March 2021 · Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021 · Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
4.2%
21 March 2021 · Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021 · Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021 · Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
Show the workings
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Police-recorded locations for Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
834 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 878 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 80 mapped crimes in September 2024; 63 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
80
14
October 2024
61
16
November 2024
84
14
December 2024
88
20
January 2025
81
24
February 2025
62
12
March 2025
76
22
April 2025
65
24
May 2025
80
29
June 2025
68
18
July 2025
78
21
August 2025
55
26
September 2025
75
10
October 2025
64
10
November 2025
58
14
December 2025
61
10
January 2026
82
17
February 2026
74
14
March 2026
68
20
April 2026
63
17
May 2026
57
28
June 2026
84
30
July 2026
85
17
August 2026
63
24
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
328
vehicle crime
131
criminal damage arson
68
drugs
66
other theft
61
public order
60
burglary
46
other crime
25
robbery
16
shoplifting
14
possession of weapons
8
theft from the person
7
bicycle theft
4
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.
An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
