Total Crime Rate

225.9 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 225.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.1 10/10
  • Other theft 21.1 10/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Drugs 15.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Robbery 9.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Astbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regal Row 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 Queen'S Road
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 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 2025Public order Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drovers Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regal Row 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary York Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Patterdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way

Data Sources

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