Total Crime Rate

126.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 126.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 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

Nunhead Lane area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 384th 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 Nunhead Lane (SE15 3UP) in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nunhead Lane (SE15 3UP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nunhead Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinsale Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Solomon'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manaton Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Solomon'S Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Solomon'S Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Monteagle Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peckham Rye —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barforth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Forester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waveney Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Candle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peckham Rye Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Banfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Philip Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scylla Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinsale Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellington Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Philip Walk —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Philip Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wellington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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