Total Crime Rate

456.2 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 456.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 105.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 67.0 8/10
  • Other theft 49.0 10/10
  • Public order 30.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.8 10/10
  • Drugs 20.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.6 10/10
  • Burglary 18.0 10/10
  • Robbery 12.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
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

Burchell Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 63rd 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 Burchell Road (SE15 2ST) in the last 12 months was 456.2 per 1,000 residents and was 341.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 136.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 181.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burchell Road (SE15 2ST), 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.

Crime Over Time in Burchell Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/64)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Burchell Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hathorne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lugard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burchell Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Bath Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Close Under investigation
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 2025Shoplifting Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regal Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regal Row 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
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Data Sources

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