Crime Rates at Waller Road, New Cross, London, SE14 5LU

Waller Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Telegraph Hill , and the 414th highest crime rate of 844 local areas in Lewisham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waller Road (SE14 5LU) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% higher than the Telegraph Hill average (82.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 210.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waller Road (SE14 5LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bonita Mews, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fern Court (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.