Total Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wivenhoe Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Goose Green , and the 145th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wivenhoe Close (SE15 3QN) in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower than the Goose Green average (77.1 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wivenhoe Close (SE15 3QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Almond Close, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Philip Walk (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rye Lane| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nunhead Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claude Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunhead Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Huguenot Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huguenot Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copeland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunhead Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vivian Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brayard'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Banfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Banfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old James Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nunhead Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linacre Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Monteagle Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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