Total Crime Rate
180.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pomeroy Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 259th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pomeroy Street (SE14 5BY) in the last 12 months was 180.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.7% higher than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (β 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pomeroy Street (SE14 5BY), the main crime hotspot is near Queen'S Road. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nunhead & Queen's Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queens Road Peckham | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pump Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wardalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wardalls Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wardalls Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Post Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wardalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wagner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wagner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King Arthur Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wardalls Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wardalls Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lubbock Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lubbock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lubbock Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lubbock Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kender Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eckington Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kender Street | β |
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