Total Crime Rate

150.5 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very 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 150.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Burglary 21.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Vivian Square area has the 24th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 307th 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 Vivian Square (SE15 3QH) in the last 12 months was 150.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (β‰ˆ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vivian Square (SE15 3QH), 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 Vivian Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whorlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Candle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barforth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Monteagle Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sturdy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manaton Close β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Banfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scylla Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scylla Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scylla Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Galatea Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vivian Square β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandlings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Claude Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Blackpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Philip Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sternhall Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rye Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sternhall Lane β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Philip Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Philip Walk β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Philip Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Philip Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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