Total Crime Rate

32.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 32.5 3/10
  • Violent crimes 16.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 6.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whorlton Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 47th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whorlton Road (SE15 3PE) in the last 12 months was 32.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.9% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whorlton Road (SE15 3PE), the main crime hotspot is near Philip Walk. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whorlton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Nigel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wivenhoe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copeland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Huguenot Square —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Huguenot Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Claude Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Nunhead Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nunhead Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nunhead Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vivian Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wivenhoe Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wivenhoe Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heaton Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Godman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Scylla Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Banfield Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Banfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Old James Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nunhead Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Solomon'S Passage —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Linacre Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Monteagle Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Monteagle Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Philip Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Monteagle Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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