Total Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King 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.
View Crime In Nunhead & Queen's Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | King'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regal Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Pomeroy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pomeroy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pomeroy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pomeroy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pomeroy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillbeck Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillbeck Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Patterdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Post Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | White Post Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Evan Cook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evan Cook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Station Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Station Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loder Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loder Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | York Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Regal Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drovers Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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