Crime Rate in Nunhead & Queen's Road, ward

Nunhead & Queen's Road has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Southwark district and the 1401st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 280th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Nunhead & Queen's Road in the last 12 months was 107.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% lower than the Southwark district average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Nunhead & Queen's Road’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 509 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 17 cases , down -10.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 18.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -10.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 670 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Nunhead & Queen's Road ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Burchell Road. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.