Total Crime Rate
102.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Selden Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Telegraph Hill , and the 388th highest crime rate of 826 local areas in Lewisham .
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 Selden Road (SE15 2JF) in the last 12 months was 102.3 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% higher than the Telegraph Hill average (81.0 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selden Road (SE15 2JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wild Goose Drive, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bonita Mews (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Telegraph Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gautrey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gellatly Road | Under investigation |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mona Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mona Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mona Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mona Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mona Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Senate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gellatly Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fern Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swallow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walsham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waller Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waller Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waller Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waller Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waller Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bousfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonita Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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