Total Crime Rate

91.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 91.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Clifton Crescent area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Crescent (SE15 2RX) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clifton Crescent (SE15 2RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Patterdale Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clifton Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Bewick Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylvan Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylvan Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bath Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Close 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Staveley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staveley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Crescent —
Sep 2025Burglary Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sylvan Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Patterdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drovers Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Patterdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillbeck Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillbeck Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum 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

Data Sources

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