Total Crime Rate
179.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Copeland 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.
View Crime In Nunhead & Queen's Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parkstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bishop Wilfred Wood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Portbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portbury Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bishop Wilfred Wood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Blackpool Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Almond Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harders Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Moncrieff Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whorlton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sturdy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manaton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Galatea Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vivian Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandlings Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claude Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cerise Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maya Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cerise Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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