Total Crime Rate

183.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 183.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.4 8/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Clifton Way area has the 19th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 254th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

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 Clifton Way (SE15 2LH) in the last 12 months was 183.5 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% higher 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 Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifton Way (SE15 2LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen'S Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pomeroy Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clifton Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asylum Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pomeroy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Post Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pomeroy Street —
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 2025Drugs Pomeroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Pomeroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pomeroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hornshay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillbeck Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillbeck Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornshay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornshay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way —
Sep 2025Burglary Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Patterdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary York Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order White Post Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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