Total Crime Rate
225.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Astbury Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 195th 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 2NW) in the last 12 months was 225.9 per 1,000 residents and was 118.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -59.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 102.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Astbury Road (SE15 2NW), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Regal Row | 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 | Queen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evan Cook Close | 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 | 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 | Public order | Regal Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drovers Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regal Row | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | York Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Patterdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Patterdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Way | — |
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