Total Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

King Arthur Close area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 153rd lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around King Arthur Close (SE15 2LP) in the last 12 months was 56.9 per 1,000 residents and was 45.0% 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around King Arthur Close (SE15 2LP), 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 King Arthur Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Pomeroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pomeroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pomeroy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pomeroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pomeroy Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillbeck Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillbeck Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Patterdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences White Post Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order White Post Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Evan Cook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evan Cook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Station Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Station Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary York Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drovers Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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