Crime Rates at Buchan Road, London, SE15 3HQ

Buchan Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 205th 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 Buchan Road (SE15 3HQ) in the last 12 months was 67.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% 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 Drugs with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buchan Road (SE15 3HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Symons Close, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fern Court (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.