Total Crime Rate
298.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Evan Cook Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 131st 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 Evan Cook Close (SE15 2HL) in the last 12 months was 298.2 per 1,000 residents and was 176.7% higher than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 127.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evan Cook Close (SE15 2HL), the main crime hotspot is near Burchell Road. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 43 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 | Cossall Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gautrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coll'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | York Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gautrey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gautrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gautrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dayton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gautrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gautrey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lulworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ansdell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ansdell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King Arthur Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lausanne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lausanne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lausanne Road | Under investigation |
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