Total Crime Rate
377.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carlton Grove area has the 5th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 91st 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 Carlton Grove (SE15 2UD) in the last 12 months was 377.2 per 1,000 residents and was 250.0% higher than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 135.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carlton Grove (SE15 2UD), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nunhead & Queen's Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carlton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Colmore Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carlton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Meeting House Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meeting House Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Colmore Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Colmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meeting House Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Asylum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Asylum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | King'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King'S Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montpelier Road | Under investigation |
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