Total Crime Rate

40.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 40.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.7 1/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Montpelier Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 95th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Montpelier Road (SE15 2HA) in the last 12 months was 40.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% lower than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montpelier Road (SE15 2HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burchell Road, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlton Grove (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Montpelier Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asylum Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asylum Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asylum Road
Sep 2025Public order Asylum Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burchell Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Evan Cook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Station Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Station Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evan Cook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staveley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Asylum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Staveley Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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