Total Crime Rate

196.2 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 196.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.5 10/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Burglary 13.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meeting House Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 238th highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meeting House Lane (SE15 2UN) in the last 12 months was 196.2 per 1,000 residents and was 89.7% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (β‰ˆ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meeting House Lane (SE15 2UN), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Meeting House Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Kincaid Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asylum Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asylum Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Burchell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burchell Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burchell Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burchell Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burchell Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Springall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springall Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asylum Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Asylum Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Studholme Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drovers Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Crescent β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staveley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Staveley Close β€”

Data Sources

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