Crime Rate in Camberwell Green, ward

Camberwell Green has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 411th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 98th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Camberwell Green in the last 12 months was 173.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% higher than the Southwark district average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Camberwell Green’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 672 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 13 cases , down -18.8% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 10.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -18.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 930 (≈ 55.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Camberwell Green ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Camberwell Road, with 172 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wren Road (65 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.