Total Crime Rate

42.2 per 1,000 4/10 Β· Low

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 42.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • 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
  • 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

Nunhead Crescent area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 104th lowest crime rate of 799 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 42.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (β‰ˆ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nunhead Crescent (SE15 3PF), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 15 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dewar Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Galatea Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Philip Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Philip Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whorlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Claude Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vivian Square β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scylla Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Philip Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scylla Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Banfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manaton Close β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Solomon'S Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Solomon'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Solomon'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barforth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Philip Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scylla Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Philip Walk β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sternhall Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dewar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinsale Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinsale Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Rye Passage Under investigation

Data Sources

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