Total Crime Rate

122.8 per 1,000 8/10 Β· 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 122.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.8 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 34th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 394th 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 Nunhead Crescent (SE15 3PG) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 211.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nunhead Crescent (SE15 3PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Philip Walk (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nunhead Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dewar Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scylla Road 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Galatea Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scylla Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scylla Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Philip Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Banfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Other theft Monteagle Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barforth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Forester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Philip Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manaton Close β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Philip Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sternhall Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Philip Walk β€”
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€”

Data Sources

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