Total Crime Rate
303.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Commercial Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 129th highest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Commercial Way (SE15 1PT) in the last 12 months was 303.8 per 1,000 residents and was 181.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (β 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 116.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Commercial Way (SE15 1PT), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peckham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peckham Hill Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Neville Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naylor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geldart Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Geldart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nutcroft Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kincaid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wentworth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennethorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennethorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pennethorne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennethorne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennethorne Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
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