Total Crime Rate
122.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nunhead 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Nunhead & Queen's Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dewar Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scylla Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Philip Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whorlton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claude Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vivian Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Galatea Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scylla Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scylla Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Philip Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Banfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Solomon'S Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Solomon'S Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Solomon'S Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monteagle Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barforth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Forester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Philip Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manaton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Philip Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sternhall Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Philip Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dewar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinsale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinsale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sternhall Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sternhall Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sternhall Lane | β |
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