Crime Rates at Asylum Road, London, SE15 2LW

Asylum Road area has the lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Asylum Road (SE15 2LW) in the last 12 months was 6.3 per 1,000 residents and was 93.9% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -91.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -92.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Asylum Road (SE15 2LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burchell Road, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlton Grove (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.