Total Crime Rate

46.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.3 per 1,000 2/10 · 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 46.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 7.3 2/10
  • Other theft 7.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Nunhead Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Nunhead & Queen's Road , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nunhead Lane (SE15 3UR) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nunhead Lane (SE15 3UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 87 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.

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Crime Over Time in Nunhead Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kinsale Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Banfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Waveney Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Waveney Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Waveney Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Peckham Rye Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Peckham Rye Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Straker'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nunhead Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Burglary Old James Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Solomon'S Passage —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Banfield Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Huguenot Square —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Scylla Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kinsale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wellington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wellington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Wellington Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Philip Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Huguenot Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Nunhead Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nunhead Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nunhead Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vivian Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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