Total Crime Rate
284.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.8 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Meeting House Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 138th highest crime rate of 769 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 Meeting House Lane (SE15 2TT) in the last 12 months was 284.9 per 1,000 residents and was 165.3% higher than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (107.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (β 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meeting House Lane (SE15 2TT), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Peckham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Friary Estate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | β |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wentworth Crescent | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Elcot Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Elcot Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | β |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | β |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | β |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | β |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lympstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardine Mews | β |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardine Mews | β |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardine Mews | β |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Cardine Mews | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cardine Mews | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Way | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennethorne Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Drugs | Wood'S Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood'S Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meeting House Lane | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Grove | β |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcot Avenue | β |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Grove | β |
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