Total Crime Rate

298.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 298.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 65.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.8 10/10
  • Other theft 26.9 10/10
  • Robbery 20.9 10/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.9 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • 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

Astbury Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Astbury Road (SE15 2NJ) in the last 12 months was 298.5 per 1,000 residents and was 188.6% 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 Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Astbury Road (SE15 2NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burchell Road, where police recorded 100 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 Astbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burchell Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Staveley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staveley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Crescent —
Sep 2025Burglary Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Evan Cook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evan Cook Close 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Bath Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary York Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pomeroy Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Pomeroy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pomeroy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pomeroy Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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