Total Crime Rate

179.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 179.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.9 9/10
  • Other theft 19.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Copeland Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 262nd 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 Copeland Road (SE15 3SL) in the last 12 months was 179.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 63.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copeland Road (SE15 3SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clayton Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Copeland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parkstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bishop Wilfred Wood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portbury Close
Sep 2025Other theft Bishop Wilfred Wood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Blackpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clayton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Clayton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clayton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clayton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Almond Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harders Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Moncrieff Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whorlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sturdy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manaton Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Galatea Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vivian Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandlings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Claude Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cerise Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maya Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cerise Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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