Total Crime Rate

49.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

6.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 6.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 4/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.2 2/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waveney Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 103rd lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waveney Avenue (SE15 3UE) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% lower than the Nunhead & Queen's Road average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waveney Avenue (SE15 3UE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waveney Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Banfield Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Banstead Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belvedere Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Torridge Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Torridge Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Torridge Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Torridge Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nunhead Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Abbotsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Burglary Cheam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rye Hill Park —
Apr 2026Robbery Rye Hill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rye Hill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rye Hill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rye Hill Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tappesfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Limes Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Banstead Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cheam Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cheam Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Banfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Solomon'S Passage —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nunhead Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Straker'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Peckham Rye Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Peckham Rye Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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