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

Nunhead Crescent 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 Nunhead Crescent (SE15 3PF) 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 Nunhead Crescent (SE15 3PF), 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 Nunhead Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Dewar Street 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 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 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 2026Violence and sexual offences Philip Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nunhead Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Rye Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Dewar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dewar Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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